diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
index 44d5429636e2..41191b5fb69d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/memory.rst
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ U != 0, K = unlimited:
 
 U != 0, K < U:
     Kernel memory is a subset of the user memory. This setup is useful in
-    deployments where the total amount of memory per-cgroup is overcommited.
-    Overcommiting kernel memory limits is definitely not recommended, since the
+    deployments where the total amount of memory per-cgroup is overcommitted.
+    Overcommitting kernel memory limits is definitely not recommended, since the
     box can still run out of non-reclaimable memory.
     In this case, the admin could set up K so that the sum of all groups is
     never greater than the total memory, and freely set U at the cost of his