diff --git a/binfmt/Kconfig b/binfmt/Kconfig
index 7885eb6f74b..7606376c7fb 100644
--- a/binfmt/Kconfig
+++ b/binfmt/Kconfig
@@ -114,4 +114,9 @@ config BINFMT_CONSTRUCTORS
 config SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME
 	bool "Symbol Tables Ordered by Name"
 	default n
+	---help---
+		Select if the symbol table is ordered by symbol name.  In this case,
+		the logic can perform faster lookups using a binary search.
+		Otherwise, the symbol table is assumed to be un-ordered an only
+		slow, linear searches are supported.