diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4ddb58d..2b2407d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@
 			control method, with respect to putting devices into
 			low power states, to be enforced (the ACPI 2.0 ordering
 			of _PTS is used by default).
-			s4_nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
-			ACPI NVS memory during hibernation.
+			nonvs prevents the kernel from saving/restoring the
+			ACPI NVS memory during suspend/hibernation and resume.
 			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
 			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
 			but some broken systems don't work without it).