diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 4a291045ebac16696cda5539a824a1207def3d33..a5ad77ef4266f22b166d8d86a5484aec5094178f 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -558,6 +558,9 @@ config IT8712F_WDT
 	  This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the IT8712F
 	  Super I/0 chipset used on many motherboards.
 
+	  If the driver does not work, then make sure that the game port in
+	  the BIOS is enabled.
+
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called it8712f_wdt.