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diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index ac0956f77785..0cbb3b88b59a 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ config LBD
           This option also enables support for single files larger than
           2TB.
 
+          The ext4 filesystem requires that this feature be enabled in
+          order to support filesystems that have the huge_file feature
+          enabled.    Otherwise, it will refuse to mount any filesystems
+          that use the huge_file feature, which is enabled by default
+          by mke2fs.ext4.   The GFS2 filesystem also requires this feature.
+
           If unsure, say N.
 
 config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE