diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 4fec8b775895..82e197eeac91 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
  * @threadfn: the function to run in the thread
  * @data: data pointer for @threadfn()
  * @namefmt: printf-style format string for the thread name
- * @...: arguments for @namefmt.
+ * @arg...: arguments for @namefmt.
  *
  * This macro will create a kthread on the current node, leaving it in
  * the stopped state.  This is just a helper for kthread_create_on_node();