diff --git a/Documentation/teaching/labs/kernel_api.rst b/Documentation/teaching/labs/kernel_api.rst
index f927e5cf3d9ca3..47e5c01bad50e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/teaching/labs/kernel_api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/teaching/labs/kernel_api.rst
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ only when the :c:macro:`DEBUG` macro is defined or if dynamic debugging is used.
 Memory allocation
 -----------------
 
-In Linux only resident memory can be allocated, using :c:func:`kmalloc` call.
+In Linux, resident memory can only be allocated using the :c:func:`kmalloc` call.
 A typical :c:func:`kmalloc` call is presented below:
 
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