diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
index 4d71211fdad8..245bf6394935 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ memory allocations.
 
 The default value depends on CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT.
 
+When CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG=y, this control is read-only to avoid
+warnings produced by allocations made while profiling is disabled and freed
+when it's enabled.
+
 
 memory_failure_early_kill
 =========================
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/allocation-profiling.rst b/Documentation/mm/allocation-profiling.rst
index 316311240e6a..5389d241176a 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/allocation-profiling.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/allocation-profiling.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ Boot parameter:
 sysctl:
   /proc/sys/vm/mem_profiling
 
+  1: Enable memory profiling.
+
+  0: Disable memory profiling.
+
+  The default value depends on CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT.
+
+  When CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING_DEBUG=y, this control is read-only to avoid
+  warnings produced by allocations made while profiling is disabled and freed
+  when it's enabled.
+
 Runtime info:
   /proc/allocinfo