diff --git a/Documentation/networking/xfrm_sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/xfrm_sysctl.txt
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+/proc/sys/net/core/xfrm_* Variables:
+
+xfrm_acq_expires - INTEGER
+	default 30 - hard timeout in seconds for acquire requests