diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index bb08069b04af35e260b940b7ff5bf9e8d3fdfe1b..83c5e76414cec6b46f72ae9a63a75a699401cc0d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ help:
 # lxdialog stuff
 check-lxdialog  := $(srctree)/$(src)/lxdialog/check-lxdialog.sh
 
-# Use reursively expanded variables so we do not call gcc unless
+# Use recursively expanded variables so we do not call gcc unless
 # we really need to do so. (Do not call gcc as part of make mrproper)
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ccflags)
 HOST_LOADLIBES   = $(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(check-lxdialog) -ldflags $(HOSTCC))