diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README
index c330a606bb..e756329b59 100644
--- a/docs/README
+++ b/docs/README
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3.orig HOSTCXX=gcc-4.3-mine
 
 Depending on your configuration, there are some targets you can use to
 use menuconfig of certain packages. This includes:
-$ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 linux26-menuconfig
+$ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 linux-menuconfig
 $ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 uclibc-menuconfig
 $ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 busybox-menuconfig
 
diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index b6cf578bdc..8293c8fec3 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot.html
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 
     <p>The Linux kernel configuration can be customized just like
     <a href="#custom_busybox">BusyBox</a> and
-    <a href="#custom_uclibc">uClibc</a> using <code>make linux26-menuconfig
+    <a href="#custom_uclibc">uClibc</a> using <code>make linux-menuconfig
     </code>. Make sure you have enabled the kernel build in <code>make
     menuconfig</code> first. Once done, run <code>make</code> to (re)build
     everything.</p>
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index ab90c03e48..5f89b7dd33 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -179,3 +179,6 @@ endif
 endif
 
 endif
+
+linux-%:
+	$(MAKE) $(subst linux-,linux26-,$@)