diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index cf51360e3a9f..91031298beb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -344,4 +344,4 @@ the following:
 	   characters in the final slot are set to Unicode 0xFFFF.
 
 Finally, note that the extended name is stored in Unicode.  Each Unicode
-character takes two bytes.
+character takes either two or four bytes, UTF-16LE encoded.