diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index dc404492381d..28b92e3cc570 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ config GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
 	help
 	  Enable support for architectures common topology code: e.g., parsing
 	  CPU capacity information from DT, usage of such information for
-	  appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for changing capacity values at
+	  appropriate scaling, sysfs interface for reading capacity values at
 	  runtime.
 
 endmenu