2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index f049a1ca186f..589f2da5d545 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ tcp_max_ssthresh - INTEGER
         Default: 0 (off)
 
 tcp_max_syn_backlog - INTEGER
-        Maximal number of remembered connection requests, which are
-        still did not receive an acknowledgment from connecting client.
-        Default value is 1024 for systems with more than 128Mb of memory,
-        and 128 for low memory machines. If server suffers of overload,
-        try to increase this number.
+        Maximal number of remembered connection requests, which have not
+        received an acknowledgment from connecting client.
+        The minimal value is 128 for low memory machines, and it will
+        increase in proportion to the memory of machine.
+        If server suffers from overload, try increasing this number.
 
 tcp_max_tw_buckets - INTEGER
         Maximal number of timewait sockets held by system simultaneously.
diff --git a/net/core/request_sock.c b/net/core/request_sock.c
index 182236b2510a..9b570a6a33c5 100644
--- a/net/core/request_sock.c
+++ b/net/core/request_sock.c
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
  * but then some measure against one socket starving all other sockets
  * would be needed.
  *
- * It was 128 by default. Experiments with real servers show, that
+ * The minimum value of it is 128. Experiments with real servers show that
  * it is absolutely not enough even at 100conn/sec. 256 cures most
- * of problems. This value is adjusted to 128 for very small machines
- * (<=32Mb of memory) and to 1024 on normal or better ones (>=256Mb).
+ * of problems.
+ * This value is adjusted to 128 for low memory machines,
+ * and it will increase in proportion to the memory of machine.
  * Note : Dont forget somaxconn that may limit backlog too.
  */
 int sysctl_max_syn_backlog = 256;