diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c583a57cddfed3b6d4bf3a838651b0c29b3a65b8..82928f5ea0494936e83e9751fb6a1e4107a6efc2 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ config DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT
 	  to determine when a task has become non-responsive and should
 	  be considered hung.
 
-	  It can be adjusted at runtime via the kernel.hung_task_timeout
-	  sysctl or by writing a value to /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout.
+	  It can be adjusted at runtime via the kernel.hung_task_timeout_secs
+	  sysctl or by writing a value to
+	  /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs.
 
 	  A timeout of 0 disables the check.  The default is two minutes.
 	  Keeping the default should be fine in most cases.