1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index 2e7f08ba0675..455a3354e291 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -647,11 +647,12 @@ config CRYPTO_VPMSUM_TESTER
           Unless you are testing these algorithms, you don't need this.
 
 config CRYPTO_GHASH
-        tristate "GHASH digest algorithm"
+        tristate "GHASH hash function"
         select CRYPTO_GF128MUL
         select CRYPTO_HASH
         help
-          GHASH is message digest algorithm for GCM (Galois/Counter Mode).
+          GHASH is the hash function used in GCM (Galois/Counter Mode).
+          It is not a general-purpose cryptographic hash function.
 
 config CRYPTO_POLY1305
         tristate "Poly1305 authenticator algorithm"
@@ -976,12 +977,12 @@ config CRYPTO_WP512
           <http://www.larc.usp.br/~pbarreto/WhirlpoolPage.html>
 
 config CRYPTO_GHASH_CLMUL_NI_INTEL
-        tristate "GHASH digest algorithm (CLMUL-NI accelerated)"
+        tristate "GHASH hash function (CLMUL-NI accelerated)"
         depends on X86 && 64BIT
         select CRYPTO_CRYPTD
         help
-          GHASH is message digest algorithm for GCM (Galois/Counter Mode).
-          The implementation is accelerated by CLMUL-NI of Intel.
+          This is the x86_64 CLMUL-NI accelerated implementation of
+          GHASH, the hash function used in GCM (Galois/Counter mode).
 
 comment "Ciphers"