diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 975f029..17770b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -952,14 +952,10 @@
 			Format: <1-256>
 
 	maxcpus=	[SMP] Maximum number of processors that	an SMP kernel
-			should make use of.
-			Using "nosmp" or "maxcpus=0" will disable SMP
-			entirely (the MPS table probe still happens, though).
-			A command-line option of "maxcpus=<NUM>", where <NUM>
-			is an integer greater than 0, limits the maximum number
-			of CPUs activated in SMP mode to <NUM>.
-			Using "maxcpus=1" on an SMP kernel is the trivial
-			case of an SMP kernel with only one CPU.
+			should make use of.  maxcpus=n : n >= 0 limits the
+			kernel to using 'n' processors.  n=0 is a special case,
+			it is equivalent to "nosmp", which also disables
+			the IO APIC.
 
 	max_addr=[KMG]	[KNL,BOOT,ia64] All physical memory greater than or
 			equal to this physical address is ignored.
@@ -1184,7 +1180,8 @@
 
 	nosep		[BUGS=X86-32] Disables x86 SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support.
 
-	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel.
+	nosmp		[SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel,
+			and disable the IO APIC.  legacy for "maxcpus=0".
 
 	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.