diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 375327b8e932..cb4758263f6b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
  *	1G machine -> (16M dma, 784M normal, 224M high)
  *	NORMAL allocation will leave 784M/256 of ram reserved in the ZONE_DMA
  *	HIGHMEM allocation will leave 224M/32 of ram reserved in ZONE_NORMAL
- *	HIGHMEM allocation will (224M+784M)/256 of ram reserved in ZONE_DMA
+ *	HIGHMEM allocation will leave (224M+784M)/256 of ram reserved in ZONE_DMA
  *
  * TBD: should special case ZONE_DMA32 machines here - in those we normally
  * don't need any ZONE_NORMAL reservation