diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1b233fc6746616beb56ff6d1be6ade998db4af24..a28590083622705dd007bffd5d3a57f87f133fed 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1036,8 +1036,13 @@ config TRACE_IRQFLAGS
 	  either tracing or lock debugging.
 
 config STACKTRACE
-	bool
+	bool "Stack backtrace support"
 	depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
+	help
+	  This option causes the kernel to create a /proc/pid/stack for
+	  every process, showing its current stack trace.
+	  It is also used by various kernel debugging features that require
+	  stack trace generation.
 
 config DEBUG_KOBJECT
 	bool "kobject debugging"