diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index fb49c2a60200..b1054d6a14ab 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ out:
 /*
  * Pin guest page in memory and return its pfn.
  * @addr: host virtual address which maps memory to the guest
- * @atomic: whether this function can sleep
+ * @atomic: whether this function is forbidden from sleeping
  * @interruptible: whether the process can be interrupted by non-fatal signals
  * @async: whether this function need to wait IO complete if the
  *         host page is not in the memory