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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
index d414d3f559..1f901de208 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
@@ -202,12 +202,11 @@ PMD-mappable transparent hugepage::
cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size
-khugepaged will be automatically started when one or more hugepage
-sizes are enabled (either by directly setting "always" or "madvise",
-or by setting "inherit" while the top-level enabled is set to "always"
-or "madvise"), and it'll be automatically shutdown when the last
-hugepage size is disabled (either by directly setting "never", or by
-setting "inherit" while the top-level enabled is set to "never").
+khugepaged will be automatically started when PMD-sized THP is enabled
+(either of the per-size anon control or the top-level control are set
+to "always" or "madvise"), and it'll be automatically shutdown when
+PMD-sized THP is disabled (when both the per-size anon control and the
+top-level control are "never")
Khugepaged controls
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