diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt
index 9d73cc0cadb98a..fd8e19eae3df51 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cpuacct.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cpuacct controller uses percpu_counter interface to collect user and
 system times. This has two side effects:
 
 - It is theoretically possible to see wrong values for user and system times.
-  This is because percpu_counter_read() on 32bit systems isn't safe
+  This is because percpu_counter_read() on 32-bit systems isn't safe
   against concurrent writes.
 - It is possible to see slightly outdated values for user and system times
   due to the batch processing nature of percpu_counter.