diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
index 85cf2238fd08..e7e24b3e86e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ situations where neither <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> nor
 including within preempt-disable code, <tt>local_bh_disable()</tt> code,
 interrupt-disable code, and interrupt handlers.
 However, even <tt>call_rcu()</tt> is illegal within NMI handlers
-and from offline CPUs.
+and from idle and offline CPUs.
 The callback function (<tt>remove_gp_cb()</tt> in this case) will be
 executed within softirq (software interrupt) environment within the
 Linux kernel,