diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 5c555a8b39e5..b7f9d3b4bbf6 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ the MAN-PAGES maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file)
 a man-pages patch, or at least a notification of the change,
 so that some information makes its way into the manual pages.
 
-Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #4, make sure to ALWAYS
+Even if the maintainer did not respond in step #5, make sure to ALWAYS
 copy the maintainer when you change their code.
 
 For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey