diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4c820607540bf646f8defa5417876a987c1bc74d..1351e052eb99c4b007cc1bb0210fcf136f9ade62 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3042,11 +3042,7 @@ sub process {
 
 				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:help|---help---)\s*$/) {
-					if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ "---help---") {
-						WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-						     "prefer 'help' over '---help---' for new help texts\n" . $herecurr);
-					}
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
 					$length = -1;
 				}