diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index e409f27f48b6..87b859f321de 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ Macros, Attributes and Symbols
 
   **BIT_MACRO**
     Defines like: 1 << <digit> could be BIT(digit).
-    The BIT() macro is defined in include/linux/bitops.h::
+    The BIT() macro is defined via include/linux/bits.h::
 
       #define BIT(nr)         (1UL << (nr))