diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index c89df55f6e035df2ef064726c870911506c7debc..532360010919f1804fff552a84a80a784ad016ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 /*
  * Light weight per cpu counter implementation.
  *
- * Counters should only be incremented and no critical kernel component
- * should rely on the counter values.
+ * Counters should only be incremented.  You need to set EMBEDDED
+ * to disable VM_EVENT_COUNTERS.  Things like procps (vmstat,
+ * top, etc) use /proc/vmstat and depend on these counters.
  *
  * Counters are handled completely inline. On many platforms the code
  * generated will simply be the increment of a global address.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f000edb3bb7a8b121951b445b37b8328418f3507..9b1adb176ea85b8b7c5806e5cbd5eb6a390cbf06 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -461,10 +461,10 @@ config VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
 	default y
 	bool "Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat" if EMBEDDED
 	help
-	  VM event counters are only needed to for event counts to be
-	  shown. They have no function for the kernel itself. This
-	  option allows the disabling of the VM event counters.
-	  /proc/vmstat will only show page counts.
+	  VM event counters are needed for event counts to be shown.
+	  This option allows the disabling of the VM event counters
+	  on EMBEDDED systems.  /proc/vmstat will only show page counts
+	  if VM event counters are disabled.
 
 endmenu		# General setup