diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index db5e795f74..7274481b7b 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INSTALL_TARGET
 	  /boot in the target root filesystem, as is typically done on
 	  x86/x86_64 systems.
 
+	  Note that this option also installs the Device Tree Blobs to
+	  /boot if DTBs have been generated by the kernel build
+	  process.
 
 # Linux extensions
 source "linux/Config.ext.in"