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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 86754eb390da..7cee90223d3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
 - block_dump
 - drop-caches
 - zone_reclaim_mode
+- min_unmapped_ratio
 - panic_on_oom
 
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@@ -168,6 +169,19 @@ in all nodes of the system.
 
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+min_unmapped_ratio:
+
+This is available only on NUMA kernels.
+
+A percentage of the file backed pages in each zone.  Zone reclaim will only
+occur if more than this percentage of pages are file backed and unmapped.
+This is to insure that a minimal amount of local pages is still available for
+file I/O even if the node is overallocated.
+
+The default is 1 percent.
+
+=============================================================
+
 panic_on_oom
 
 This enables or disables panic on out-of-memory feature.  If this is set to 1,