diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index 8cb9938cc47e..be675d2d15a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ A: This is what you would need in your kernel code to receive notifications.
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 	}
 
-	static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifer =
+	static struct notifier_block foobar_cpu_notifier =
 	{
 	   .notifier_call = foobar_cpu_callback,
 	};