diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
index fb3ff76c3e73..1a4723f48bd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst
@@ -497,8 +497,7 @@ long -- there might be other high-priority work to be done.
 In such cases, one uses call_rcu() rather than synchronize_rcu().
 The call_rcu() API is as follows::
 
-	void call_rcu(struct rcu_head * head,
-		      void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head));
+	void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
 
 This function invokes func(head) after a grace period has elapsed.
 This invocation might happen from either softirq or process context,