diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 766355b1d2212236c2501835aece0b402d7454ae..7b6a2b2bdc98db2e794a261ff7be17dc3df0ae26 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ Both possibilities are described in the following.
 
 	Example:
 		#scripts/kconfig/Makefile
-		HOSTLOADLIBES_qconf := -L$(QTDIR)/lib
+		HOSTLDLIBS_qconf := -L$(QTDIR)/lib
 
 	When linking qconf, it will be passed the extra option
 	"-L$(QTDIR)/lib".