diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 11d5ced..36f0075 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 
 - console_loglevel: messages with a higher priority than
   this will be printed to the console
-- default_message_level: messages without an explicit priority
+- default_message_loglevel: messages without an explicit priority
   will be printed with this priority
 - minimum_console_loglevel: minimum (highest) value to which
   console_loglevel can be set