diff --git a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
index d0ac72cc19ff..b8e52c0355d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ The syntax is:
     crashkernel=<range1>:<size1>[,<range2>:<size2>,...][@offset]
     range=start-[end]
 
+    'start' is inclusive and 'end' is exclusive.
+
 For example:
 
     crashkernel=512M-2G:64M,2G-:128M
@@ -253,10 +255,11 @@ This would mean:
 
     1) if the RAM is smaller than 512M, then don't reserve anything
        (this is the "rescue" case)
-    2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G, then reserve 64M
+    2) if the RAM size is between 512M and 2G (exclusive), then reserve 64M
     3) if the RAM size is larger than 2G, then reserve 128M
 
 
+
 Boot into System Kernel
 =======================
 
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index cb85c79989b4..1c5fcacbcf33 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int __init parse_crashkernel_mem(char 			*cmdline,
 		}
 
 		/* match ? */
-		if (system_ram >= start && system_ram <= end) {
+		if (system_ram >= start && system_ram < end) {
 			*crash_size = size;
 			break;
 		}