diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 0d8d7ef131e9..c1d913944ad8 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ And a couple of implicit varieties:
      operations after the ACQUIRE operation will appear to happen after the
      ACQUIRE operation with respect to the other components of the system.
      ACQUIRE operations include LOCK operations and both smp_load_acquire()
-     and smp_cond_acquire() operations. The later builds the necessary ACQUIRE
-     semantics from relying on a control dependency and smp_rmb().
+     and smp_cond_load_acquire() operations.
 
      Memory operations that occur before an ACQUIRE operation may appear to
      happen after it completes.