diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index c6224d039bcb..ecbebf4ca8e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Integer types
 
 	If variable is of Type,		use printk format specifier:
 	------------------------------------------------------------
-		char			%hhd or %hhx
-		unsigned char		%hhu or %hhx
-		short int		%hd or %hx
-		unsigned short int	%hu or %hx
+		char			%d or %x
+		unsigned char		%u or %x
+		short int		%d or %x
+		unsigned short int	%u or %x
 		int			%d or %x
 		unsigned int		%u or %x
 		long			%ld or %lx
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Integer types
 		unsigned long long	%llu or %llx
 		size_t			%zu or %zx
 		ssize_t			%zd or %zx
-		s8			%hhd or %hhx
-		u8			%hhu or %hhx
-		s16			%hd or %hx
-		u16			%hu or %hx
+		s8			%d or %x
+		u8			%u or %x
+		s16			%d or %x
+		u16			%u or %x
 		s32			%d or %x
 		u32			%u or %x
 		s64			%lld or %llx