diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
index 719a819f8cc2..07301de12cc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ card*/pcm*/xrun_debug
 	It takes an integer value, can be changed by writing to this
 	file, such as
 
-		 # cat 5 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug
+		 # echo 5 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug
 
 	The value consists of the following bit flags:
 	  bit 0 = Enable XRUN/jiffies debug messages