diff --git a/Documentation/trace/events.txt b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
index 2cc08d4a326e..1d486660b40f 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/events.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/events.txt
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ PID listed in the set_event_pid file.
 
 # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
 # echo $$ > set_event_pid
-# echo 1 > events/enabled
+# echo 1 > events/enable
 
 Will only trace events for the current task.