diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 57108f64afc8..1423af580bed 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ the syntax described above, but must not exceed 1023 characters.  Your
 bootloader may impose lower limits.
 
 These ``dyndbg`` params are processed just after the ddebug tables are
-processed, as part of the arch_initcall.  Thus you can enable debug
-messages in all code run after this arch_initcall via this boot
+processed, as part of the early_initcall.  Thus you can enable debug
+messages in all code run after this early_initcall via this boot
 parameter.
 
 On an x86 system for example ACPI enablement is a subsys_initcall and::