diff --git a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt
index 938ea22f2cc0..e20d913d5914 100644
--- a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example:
 The bit position indicates STATE, STATE-read, for each of the states listed
 above, and the character displayed in each indicates:
 
-   '.'  acquired while irqs disabled
-   '+'  acquired in irq context
-   '-'  acquired with irqs enabled
+   '.'  acquired while irqs disabled and not in irq context
+   '-'  acquired in irq context
+   '+'  acquired with irqs enabled
    '?'  acquired in irq context with irqs enabled.
 
 Unused mutexes cannot be part of the cause of an error.