diff --git a/docs/how-to/unified_memory.rst b/docs/how-to/unified_memory.rst
index 450ade9582..bf5d40288d 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/unified_memory.rst
+++ b/docs/how-to/unified_memory.rst
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ special ``device_id`` values:
 - ``hipInvalidDeviceId`` = -2 means that the device is invalid.
 
 For the best performance, profile your application to optimize the
-utilization of compiler hits.
+utilization of HIP runtime hints.
 
 Data Prefetching
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