diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 307bc3f7b945cdb2dbb054a3d28a39f87b8348e6..fc446acbf6d6fb9f31d52116b09a0475f069bb09 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ static int conf_sym(struct menu *menu)
 			printf("/m");
 		if (oldval != yes && sym_tristate_within_range(sym, yes))
 			printf("/y");
-		if (menu_has_help(menu))
-			printf("/?");
-		printf("] ");
+		printf("/?] ");
 		if (!conf_askvalue(sym, sym_get_string_value(sym)))
 			return 0;
 		strip(line);
@@ -303,10 +301,7 @@ static int conf_choice(struct menu *menu)
 			printf("[1]: 1\n");
 			goto conf_childs;
 		}
-		printf("[1-%d", cnt);
-		if (menu_has_help(menu))
-			printf("?");
-		printf("]: ");
+		printf("[1-%d?]: ", cnt);
 		switch (input_mode) {
 		case oldconfig:
 		case silentoldconfig: