diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 54b782fab4fd7dade07bf8ef4000e7e60bcee740..2784f6ab309fc154858ad6dad372ad1949fbc1df 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2817,7 +2817,11 @@ sub process {
 
 				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+				} 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);
+					}
 					$length = -1;
 				}