diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index bcb63ac48cc5..f468185b3b28 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int __init reserve_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr,
 }
 
 /**
- * reserve_bootmem - mark a page range as usable
+ * reserve_bootmem - mark a page range as reserved
  * @addr: starting address of the range
  * @size: size of the range in bytes
  * @flags: reservation flags (see linux/bootmem.h)