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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 7a34f827989c..3a863f692728 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Debugfs is typically mounted with a command like:
mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
(Or an equivalent /etc/fstab line).
-The debugfs root directory is accessible by anyone by default. To
-restrict access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
+The debugfs root directory is accessible only to the root user by
+default. To change access to the tree the "uid", "gid" and "mode" mount
options can be used.
Note that the debugfs API is exported GPL-only to modules.
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