diff --git a/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt b/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt
index 3995735a878fe796f36513b2bb22b20deaf642d1..cd17ee0220726acd4fe71fb8d999e39adb361e8a 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt
+++ b/tools/objtool/Documentation/stack-validation.txt
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ ignore it:
 
 - To skip validation of a file, add
 
-    OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_filename.o := n
+    OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD_filename.o := y
 
   to the Makefile.