diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index fd26788..48ccb1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
 	with the current initial RTO of 1second. With this the final timeout
 	for a passive TCP connection will happen after 63seconds.
 
-tcp_syncookies - BOOLEAN
+tcp_syncookies - INTEGER
 	Only valid when the kernel was compiled with CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
 	Send out syncookies when the syn backlog queue of a socket
 	overflows. This is to prevent against the common 'SYN flood attack'