diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc
index c1886c208c7d..923bd0a2614e 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/architecture.adoc
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ In 0.94, HLog was the name of the implementation of the WAL.
 You will likely find references to the HLog in documentation tailored to these older versions.
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-The WAL resides in HDFS in the _/hbase/WALs/_ directory, with subdirectories per region.
+The WAL resides in HDFS in the _/hbase/WALs/_ directory, with subdirectories per RegionServer.
 
 For more general information about the concept of write ahead logs, see the Wikipedia
 link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write-ahead_logging[Write-Ahead Log] article.