diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 55c4c805a756..69bb70351b9b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ struct limit_names {
 };
 
 static const struct limit_names lnames[RLIM_NLIMITS] = {
-	[RLIMIT_CPU] = {"Max cpu time", "ms"},
+	[RLIMIT_CPU] = {"Max cpu time", "seconds"},
 	[RLIMIT_FSIZE] = {"Max file size", "bytes"},
 	[RLIMIT_DATA] = {"Max data size", "bytes"},
 	[RLIMIT_STACK] = {"Max stack size", "bytes"},