2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt
index be215e58423b..1443cd71d263 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ Compile the kernel with
         CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y
         CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
 
-Enable the accounting at boot time by adding
-the following to the kernel boot options
-        delayacct
+Delay accounting is enabled by default at boot up.
+To disable, add
+   nodelayacct
+to the kernel boot options. The rest of the instructions
+below assume this has not been done.
 
-and after the system has booted up, use a utility
+After the system has booted up, use a utility
 similar to  getdelays.c to access the delays
 seen by a given task or a task group (tgid).
 The utility also allows a given command to be
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e11f7728ec6f..b50595a0550f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -448,8 +448,6 @@ running once the system is up.
                         Format: <area>[,<node>]
                         See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
 
-        delayacct       [KNL] Enable per-task delay accounting
-
         dhash_entries=  [KNL]
                         Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
 
@@ -1031,6 +1029,8 @@ running once the system is up.
 
         nocache         [ARM]
 
+        nodelayacct     [KNL] Disable per-task delay accounting
+
         nodisconnect    [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
 
         noexec          [IA-64]