diff --git a/include/asm-generic/syscall.h b/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
index d401e5463fb0..0c938a4354f6 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
  *
  * Returns the AUDIT_ARCH_* based on the system call convention in use.
  *
- * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped on entry to a system
+ * It's only valid to call this when current is stopped on entry to a system
  * call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE, %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT, or %TIF_SECCOMP.
  *
  * Architectures which permit CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER must