diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 3a98c9e0a7c8ecef386e41950a94b0ebfbe186e4..37e17934b67a29c172cd07f0ab08d54242783c9f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	tty_stdio = isatty(0) && isatty(1);
 
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(ac, av, "s", long_opts, NULL)) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(ac, av, "hs", long_opts, NULL)) != -1) {
 		if (opt == 's') {
 			conf_set_message_callback(NULL);
 			continue;
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		case yes2modconfig:
 		case mod2yesconfig:
 			break;
-		case '?':
+		case 'h':
 			conf_usage(progname);
 			exit(1);
 			break;