diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index e373671652b0914c10f3237ada35998be9de7fcf..ec36e7772e576667f3e7784daca1735ac4eefd87 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ config DEVTMPFS_MOUNT
 	  with the commandline parameter: devtmpfs.mount=0|1.
 	  This option does not affect initramfs based booting, here
 	  the devtmpfs filesystem always needs to be mounted manually
-	  after the roots is mounted.
+	  after the rootfs is mounted.
 	  With this option enabled, it allows to bring up a system in
 	  rescue mode with init=/bin/sh, even when the /dev directory
 	  on the rootfs is completely empty.