1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/Kconfig b/fs/proc/Kconfig
index 15af6222f8a4..2183fcf41d59 100644
--- a/fs/proc/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/proc/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ config PROC_FS
 config PROC_KCORE
         bool "/proc/kcore support" if !ARM
         depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+        help
+          Provides a virtual ELF core file of the live kernel.  This can
+          be read with gdb and other ELF tools.  No modifications can be
+          made using this mechanism.
 
 config PROC_VMCORE
         bool "/proc/vmcore support"