1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index b606c2c4dd37..96f0ee825bed 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ dirty_background_bytes
 Contains the amount of dirty memory at which the pdflush background writeback
 daemon will start writeback.
 
-If dirty_background_bytes is written, dirty_background_ratio becomes a function
-of its value (dirty_background_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
+Note: dirty_background_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_background_ratio. Only
+one of them may be specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is
+immediately taken into account to evaluate the dirty memory limits and the
+other appears as 0 when read.
 
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@@ -97,8 +99,10 @@ dirty_bytes
 Contains the amount of dirty memory at which a process generating disk writes
 will itself start writeback.
 
-If dirty_bytes is written, dirty_ratio becomes a function of its value
-(dirty_bytes / the amount of dirtyable system memory).
+Note: dirty_bytes is the counterpart of dirty_ratio. Only one of them may be
+specified at a time. When one sysctl is written it is immediately taken into
+account to evaluate the dirty memory limits and the other appears as 0 when
+read.
 
 Note: the minimum value allowed for dirty_bytes is two pages (in bytes); any
 value lower than this limit will be ignored and the old configuration will be
@@ -477,10 +481,10 @@ the DMA zone.
 Type(A) is called as "Node" order. Type (B) is "Zone" order.
 
 "Node order" orders the zonelists by node, then by zone within each node.
-Specify "[Nn]ode" for zone order
+Specify "[Nn]ode" for node order
 
 "Zone Order" orders the zonelists by zone type, then by node within each
-zone.  Specify "[Zz]one"for zode order.
+zone.  Specify "[Zz]one" for zone order.
 
 Specify "[Dd]efault" to request automatic configuration.  Autoconfiguration
 will select "node" order in following case.