diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
index e6cd40663ea5..4cbd50edf277 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Pete Zaitcev gives the following summary:
 
 -  If you are in a process context (any syscall) and want to lock other
    process out, use a mutex. You can take a mutex and sleep
-   (``copy_from_user*(`` or ``kmalloc(x,GFP_KERNEL)``).
+   (``copy_from_user()`` or ``kmalloc(x,GFP_KERNEL)``).
 
 -  Otherwise (== data can be touched in an interrupt), use
    spin_lock_irqsave() and