diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
index eb8a10e22f7c7a..1cf8ab85f1e8f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Table 1-1: Process specific entries in /proc
  wchan		If CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set, a pre-decoded wchan
  pagemap	Page table
  stack		Report full stack trace, enable via CONFIG_STACKTRACE
- smaps		a extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of
+ smaps		An extension based on maps, showing the memory consumption of
 		each mapping and flags associated with it
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