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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index 85f51e5a749f..6177d881983f 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,19 @@ NUMA
 
   numa=noacpi   Don't parse the SRAT table for NUMA setup
 
-  numa=fake=X   Fake X nodes and ignore NUMA setup of the actual machine.
+  numa=fake=CMDLINE
+                If a number, fakes CMDLINE nodes and ignores NUMA setup of the
+                actual machine.  Otherwise, system memory is configured
+                depending on the sizes and coefficients listed.  For example:
+                        numa=fake=2*512,1024,4*256,*128
+                gives two 512M nodes, a 1024M node, four 256M nodes, and the
+                rest split into 128M chunks.  If the last character of CMDLINE
+                is a *, the remaining memory is divided up equally among its
+                coefficient:
+                        numa=fake=2*512,2*
+                gives two 512M nodes and the rest split into two nodes.
+                Otherwise, the remaining system RAM is allocated to an
+                additional node.
 
   numa=hotadd=percent
                 Only allow hotadd memory to preallocate page structures upto