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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1b233fc67466..a28590083622 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"