1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 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.