diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index 4d0d3bfb0517..e7b2ab8581e6 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ options 	BOOTP_WIRED_TO=fxp0 # Use interface fxp0 for BOOTP
 options 	SW_WATCHDOG
 
 #
-# Disable swapping of upages and stack pages.  This option removes all
+# Disable swapping of stack pages.  This option removes all
 # code which actually performs swapping, so it's not possible to turn
 # it back on at run-time.
 #