diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 4d688b42635361085233e0c4e798cb9e6d50fe40..7f4995b245a33048a0d6d3b2e4fe6449cbfef701 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -659,9 +659,15 @@ config IRQ_ALL_CPUS
 	  reported with SMP Power Macintoshes with this option enabled.
 
 config NUMA
-	bool "NUMA support"
+	bool "NUMA Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support"
 	depends on PPC64 && SMP
 	default y if PPC_PSERIES || PPC_POWERNV
+	help
+	  Enable NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) support.
+
+	  The kernel will try to allocate memory used by a CPU on the
+	  local memory controller of the CPU and add some more
+	  NUMA awareness to the kernel.
 
 config NODES_SHIFT
 	int