diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 69a3b0fab9261a2e97bfe2fdd7c8f38d58bc47d2..7222592ec334dfa11ca2c4bd089199edb8e306f3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ config MIPSR2_TO_R6_EMULATOR
 	help
 	  Choose this option if you want to run non-R6 MIPS userland code.
 	  Even if you say 'Y' here, the emulator will still be disabled by
-	  default. You can enable it using the 'mipsr2emul' kernel option.
+	  default. You can enable it using the 'mipsr2emu' kernel option.
 	  The only reason this is a build-time option is to save ~14K from the
 	  final kernel image.
 comment "MIPS R2-to-R6 emulator is only available for UP kernels"