diff --git a/docs/misc/printk-formats.txt b/docs/misc/printk-formats.txt
index ce32829dae..2cad98703b 100644
--- a/docs/misc/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/printk-formats.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Bitmaps (e.g. cpumask/nodemask):
 
 Symbol/Function pointers:
 
-       %ps     Symbol name with condition offset and size (iff offset != 0)
+       %ps     Symbol name with conditional offset and size (iff offset != 0)
                  e.g.  printk
                        default_idle+0x78/0x7d