diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 433fe0ab74beda01fbd1e3811dea818ba80ec5be..6f98b6a9b78548621f22f082c248880195925850 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
 		When adaptive thresholds are used, the tracking signal
 		may adjust too slowly to step changes in the raw signal.
-		*_timeout (in seconds) specifies a time for which the
+		Thus these specify the time in seconds for which the
 		difference between the slow tracking signal and the raw
 		signal is allowed to remain out-of-range before a reset
 		event occurs in which the tracking signal is made equal