diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea5f0bee1934..46040e887d83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ endif # $(dot-config)
 # The all: target is the default when no target is given on the
 # command line.
 # This allow a user to issue only 'make' to build a kernel including modules
-# Defaults vmlinux but it is usually overridden in the arch makefile
+# Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux
 
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE