diff --git a/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst b/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
index e045a4b7b3da..0f731d9196b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
@@ -60,14 +60,19 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
   This function should be preferred, where feasible, over all the others.
 
   These mappings are thread-local and CPU-local, meaning that the mapping
-  can only be accessed from within this thread and the thread is bound the
-  CPU while the mapping is active. Even if the thread is preempted (since
-  preemption is never disabled by the function) the CPU can not be
-  unplugged from the system via CPU-hotplug until the mapping is disposed.
+  can only be accessed from within this thread and the thread is bound to the
+  CPU while the mapping is active. Although preemption is never disabled by
+  this function, the CPU can not be unplugged from the system via
+  CPU-hotplug until the mapping is disposed.
 
   It's valid to take pagefaults in a local kmap region, unless the context
   in which the local mapping is acquired does not allow it for other reasons.
 
+  As said, pagefaults and preemption are never disabled. There is no need to
+  disable preemption because, when context switches to a different task, the
+  maps of the outgoing task are saved and those of the incoming one are
+  restored.
+
   kmap_local_page() always returns a valid virtual address and it is assumed
   that kunmap_local() will never fail.