diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
index d7e6534a8505..b1733b877025 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
@@ -1269,12 +1269,12 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	Example::
 
 		#arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
-		always := vmlinux.lds
+		extra-y := vmlinux.lds
 
 		#Makefile
 		export CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
 
-	The assignment to $(always) is used to tell kbuild to build the
+	The assignment to extra-y is used to tell kbuild to build the
 	target vmlinux.lds.
 	The assignment to $(CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds) tells kbuild to use the
 	specified options when building the target vmlinux.lds.