diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index ec5890b51bd6..d605d506b334 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ directory name found in the arch/ directory.
 But some architectures such as x86 and sparc have aliases.
 x86: i386 for 32 bit, x86_64 for 64 bit
 sh: sh for 32 bit, sh64 for 64 bit
-sparc: sparc for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
+sparc: sparc32 for 32 bit, sparc64 for 64 bit
 
 CROSS_COMPILE
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