diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv
index 77d3083304df..898106849e27 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Date:           Feb 2014
 Contact:        Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de>
 Description:
                 Defines the interval in milliseconds in which batman
-                sends its probing packets for link quality measurements.
+                emits probing packets for neighbor sensing (ELP).
 
 What:           /sys/class/net/<iface>/batman-adv/iface_status
 Date:           May 2010