diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index a48cbf1414b8..f7eb62eceb24 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,8 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(uts_sem);
 /*
  * Work around broken programs that cannot handle "Linux 3.0".
  * Instead we map 3.x to 2.6.40+x, so e.g. 3.0 would be 2.6.40
- * And we map 4.x to 2.6.60+x, so 4.0 would be 2.6.60.
+ * And we map 4.x and later versions to 2.6.60+x, so 4.0/5.0/6.0/... would be
+ * 2.6.60.
  */
 static int override_release(char __user *release, size_t len)
 {