diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
index fdca59c955dc..8831cface585 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ This governor exposes the following tunables:
 	100 (5 by default).
 
 	This is how much the frequency is allowed to change in one go.  Setting
-	it to 0 will cause the default frequency step (5 percent) to be used
-	and setting it to 100 effectively causes the governor to periodically
+	it to 0 disables frequency changes by the governor entirely and setting
+	it to 100 effectively causes the governor to periodically
 	switch the frequency between the ``scaling_min_freq`` and
 	``scaling_max_freq`` policy limits.