diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 618c0b5db0beedff73b9b53da2bdd2f301e193f2..d8ac16ab5e61e55e2cc108660c9664ea5856ba4d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1674,19 +1674,26 @@ sub process {
 # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
 # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.
 		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+		    $line =~ /.\s*config\s+/) {
 			my $length = 0;
 			my $cnt = $realcnt;
 			my $ln = $linenr + 1;
 			my $f;
+			my $is_start = 0;
 			my $is_end = 0;
-			while ($cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]) {
+			for (; $cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]; $ln++) {
 				$f = $lines[$ln - 1];
 				$cnt-- if ($lines[$ln - 1] !~ /^-/);
 				$is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/;
-				$ln++;
 
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
+
+				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
+					$is_start = 1;
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+					$length = -1;
+				}
+
 				$f =~ s/^.//;
 				$f =~ s/#.*//;
 				$f =~ s/^\s+//;
@@ -1698,8 +1705,8 @@ sub process {
 				$length++;
 			}
 			WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-			     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_end && $length < 4);
-			#print "is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
+			     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < 4);
+			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
 
 		if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&