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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d3d653a5f9b9..bfe924217f24 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ tcp_orphan_retries - INTEGER
         when RTO retransmissions remain unacknowledged.
         See tcp_retries2 for more details.
 
-        The default value is 7.
+        The default value is 8.
         If your machine is a loaded WEB server,
         you should think about lowering this value, such sockets
         may consume significant resources. Cf. tcp_max_orphans.