diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 2cfb21c3ac6e978a41cdf1a6d4d99714b1243e39..6ac8bdae612a15810aa48446d41335f67d9f51a4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -681,6 +681,14 @@ endif
 archclean:
 	@$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/mips/boot
 
+define archhelp
+	echo '  vmlinux.ecoff        - ECOFF boot image'
+	echo '  vmlinux.bin          - Raw binary boot image'
+	echo '  vmlinux.srec         - SREC boot image'
+	echo
+	echo '  These will be default as apropriate for a configured platform.'
+endef
+
 CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux.32 \
 	       vmlinux.64 \
 	       vmlinux.ecoff
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
index 0dc84417bf49367e37c9ef63306230c2658ebcf1..2a209d74f0b4fa70993075e39073649b5d1abd38 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/Makefile
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ vmlinux.srec: $(VMLINUX)
 $(obj)/addinitrd: $(obj)/addinitrd.c
 	$(HOSTCC) -o $@ $^
 
-archhelp:
-	@echo	'* vmlinux.ecoff	- ECOFF boot image'
-	@echo	'* vmlinux.srec		- SREC boot image'
-
 clean-files += addinitrd \
 	       elf2ecoff \
 	       vmlinux.bin \