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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index a4ccdd1981cf..02b134956273 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ]
- l2cr [ PPC only ]
- modprobe ==> Documentation/debugging-modules.txt
+- modules_disabled
- msgmax
- msgmnb
- msgmni
@@ -179,6 +180,16 @@ kernel stack.
==============================================================
+modules_disabled:
+
+A toggle value indicating if modules are allowed to be loaded
+in an otherwise modular kernel. This toggle defaults to off
+(0), but can be set true (1). Once true, modules can be
+neither loaded nor unloaded, and the toggle cannot be set back
+to false.
+
+==============================================================
+
osrelease, ostype & version:
# cat osrelease