Patch from Kent Robotti adding a bunch of menuconfig help

5 files changed, 172 insertions, 118 deletions

diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in
index cc65b6db4..fddcff462 100644
--- a/archival/Config.in
+++ b/archival/Config.in
@@ -120,20 +120,25 @@ config CONFIG_GUNZIP
         bool "gunzip"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
+         You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
+         an archive, without decompressing it.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS
         bool "  Uncompress support"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_GUNZIP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         If you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
+         archives created by the program compress (not much
+         used anymore).
 
 config CONFIG_GZIP
         bool "gzip"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         gzip is used to compress files.
+         It's probably the most used UNIX compression program.
 
 config CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
         bool "rpm2cpio"
@@ -151,36 +156,41 @@ config CONFIG_TAR
         bool "tar"
         default n
         help
-          tar has at least 512 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
+         create compressed archives. It's probably the most used
+         UNIX archive program.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
         bool "  Enable archive creation"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TAR
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         If you enable this option you'll be able to create
+         tar archives using the `-c' option.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2
         bool "  Enable -j option to handle .tar.bz2 files"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TAR
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         If you enable this option you'll be able to extract
+         archives compressed with bzip2.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
         bool "  Enable -X and --exclude options (exclude files)"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TAR
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         If you enable this option you'll be able to specify
+         a list of files to exclude from an archive.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
         bool "  Enable -z option"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TAR
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         If you enable this option tar will be able to call gzip,
+         when creating or extracting tar gziped archives.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATABILITY
         bool "  Enable support for old tar header format"
@@ -196,7 +206,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TAR
         help
-          With this option usybox supports the GNU long filename
+         With this option busybox supports the GNU long filename
           and linkanmes.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_UNARCHIVE_TAPE
@@ -210,12 +220,17 @@ config CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
         bool "uncompress"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
+         Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
 
 config CONFIG_UNZIP
         bool "unzip"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         unzip will list or extract files from a ZIP archive,
+         commonly found on DOS/WIN systems. The default behavior
+         (with no options) is to extract the archive into the
+         current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
+         directory of your choice.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/console-tools/Config.in b/console-tools/Config.in
index f10bf7578..7191db4bd 100644
--- a/console-tools/Config.in
+++ b/console-tools/Config.in
@@ -9,60 +9,66 @@ config CONFIG_CHVT
         bool "chvt"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program is used to change to another terminal.
+         Example: chvt 4 (change to terminal /dev/tty4)
 
 config CONFIG_CLEAR
         bool "clear"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program clears the terminal screen.
 
 config CONFIG_DEALLOCVT
         bool "deallocvt"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program deallocates unused virtual consoles.
 
 config CONFIG_DUMPKMAP
         bool "dumpkmap"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program dumps the kernel's keyboard translation table to
+         stdout, in binary format. You can then use loadkmap to load it.
 
 config CONFIG_LOADACM
         bool "loadacm"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program loads an acm from standard input.
 
 config CONFIG_LOADFONT
         bool "loadfont"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program loads a console font from standard input.
 
 config CONFIG_LOADKMAP
         bool "loadkmap"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program loads a keyboard translation table from
+         standard input.
 
 config CONFIG_OPENVT
         bool "openvt"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program is used to start a command on an unused
+         virtual terminal.
 
 config CONFIG_RESET
         bool "reset"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program is used to reset the terminal screen, if it
+         gets messed up.
 
 config CONFIG_SETKEYCODES
         bool "setkeycodes"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This program loads entries into the kernel's scancode-to-keycode
+         map, allowing unusual keyboards to generate usable keycodes.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/coreutils/Config.in b/coreutils/Config.in
index 4044582ed..d2c3c6431 100644
--- a/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config CONFIG_CAL
         bool "cal"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         cal is used to display a montly calender.
 
 config CONFIG_CAT
         bool "cat"
@@ -30,43 +30,47 @@ config CONFIG_CHGRP
         bool "chgrp"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         chgrp is used to change the group owership of files.
 
 config CONFIG_CHMOD
         bool "chmod"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         chmod is used to change the access permission of files.
 
 config CONFIG_CHOWN
         bool "chown"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         chown is used too change the user and/or group ownership
+         of files.
 
 config CONFIG_CHROOT
         bool "chroot"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         chroot is used to change the root directory and run a command.
+         The default command is `/bin/sh'.
 
 config CONFIG_CMP
         bool "cmp"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         cmp is used to compare two files and returns the result
+         to standard output.
 
 config CONFIG_CP
         bool "cp"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         cp is used to copy files and directories.
 
 config CONFIG_CUT
         bool "cut"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         cut is used to print selected parts of lines from
+         each file to stdout.
 
 if CONFIG_WATCH
         config CONFIG_DATE
@@ -79,7 +83,8 @@ if !CONFIG_WATCH
             bool "date"
             default n
             help
-              Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+              date is used to set the system date or display the
+              current time in the given format.
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_DATE_ISOFMT
@@ -93,25 +98,30 @@ config CONFIG_DD
         bool "dd"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         dd copies a file (from standard input to standard output,
+         by default) using specific input and output blocksizes,
+         while optionally performing conversions on it. 
 
 config CONFIG_DF
         bool "df"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         df reports the amount of disk space used and available
+         on filesystems.
 
 config CONFIG_DIRNAME
         bool "dirname"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         dirname is used to strip a non directory suffix from
+         a file name.
 
 config CONFIG_DOS2UNIX
         bool "dos2unix/unix2dos"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         dos2unix is uses to convert a text file from DOS format to
+         UNIX format, and vice versa.
 
 config CONFIG_UNIX2DOS
         bool
@@ -122,39 +132,43 @@ config CONFIG_DU
         bool "du (default blocksize of 512 bytes)"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         du is used to report the amount of disk space used
+         for specified files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_DU_DEFALT_BLOCKSIZE_1K
         bool "  Use a default blocksize of 1024 bytes (1K)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_DU
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Use a blocksize of (1K) instead of the default 512b.
 
 config CONFIG_ECHO
         bool "echo (basic SUSv3 version taking no options"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         echo is used to print a specified string to stdout.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO
         bool "  Enable echo options (-n and -e)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_ECHO
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This adds options (-n and -e) to echo. 
 
 config CONFIG_ENV
         bool "env"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         env is used to set an environment variable and run
+         a command, without options it displays the current
+         environment.
 
 config CONFIG_EXPR
         bool "expr"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         expr is used to calculate numbers and print the result
+         to standard output.
 
 if CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_MSH
         config CONFIG_FALSE
@@ -167,7 +181,7 @@ if !CONFIG_HUSH && !CONFIG_LASH && !CONFIG_MSH
             bool "false"
             default n
             help
-              Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+              false returns an exit code of FALSE (1).
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_FOLD
@@ -180,147 +194,152 @@ config CONFIG_HEAD
         bool "head"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         head is used to print the first specified number of lines
+         from files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_HEAD
         bool "  Enable head options (-c, -q, and -v)"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_HEAD
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         This enables the head options (-c, -q, and -v).
 
 config CONFIG_HOSTID
         bool "hostid"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         hostid prints the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for
+         the current host.
 
 config CONFIG_ID
         bool "id"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         id displays the current user and group ID names.
 
 config CONFIG_LENGTH
         bool "length"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         length is used to print out the length of a specified string.
 
 config CONFIG_LN
         bool "ln"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         ln is used to create hard or soft links between files.
 
 config CONFIG_LOGNAME
         bool "logname"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         logname is used to print the current user's login name.
 
 config CONFIG_LS
         bool "ls"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         ls is used to list the contents of directories.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES
         bool "  Enable filetyping options (-p and -F)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable the ls options (-p and -F).
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_FOLLOWLINKS
         bool "  Enable symlinks dereferencing (-L)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable the ls option (-L).
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_RECURSIVE
         bool "  Enable recursion (-R)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable the ls option (-R).
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES
         bool "  Sort the file names"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow ls to sort file names alphabetically.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_TIMESTAMPS
         bool "  Show file timestamps"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow ls to display timestamps for files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_USERNAME
         bool "  Show username/groupnames"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow ls to display username/groupname for files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_COLOR
         bool "  Use color to identify file types"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow ls to use color when displaying files.
 
 config CONFIG_MD5SUM
         bool "md5sum"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         md5sum is used to print or check MD5 checksums.
 
 config CONFIG_MKDIR
         bool "mkdir"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         mkdir is used to create directories with the specified names.
 
 config CONFIG_MKFIFO
         bool "mkfifo"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         mkfifo is used to create FIFOs (named pipes).
+         The `mknod' program can also create FIFOs.
 
 config CONFIG_MKNOD
         bool "mknod"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         mknod is used to create FIFOs or block/character special
+         files with the specified names.
 
 config CONFIG_MV
         bool "mv"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         mv is used to move or rename files or directories.
 
 config CONFIG_OD
         bool "od"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         od is used to dump binary files in octal and other formats.
 
 config CONFIG_PRINTF
         bool "printf"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         printf is used to format and print specified strings.
+         It's similar to `echo' except it has more options.
 
 config CONFIG_PWD
         bool "pwd"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         pwd is used to print the current directory.
 
 config CONFIG_REALPATH
         bool "realpath"
@@ -333,13 +352,13 @@ config CONFIG_RM
         bool "rm"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         rm is used to remove files or directories.
 
 config CONFIG_RMDIR
         bool "rmdir"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         rmdir is used to remove empty directories.
 
 config CONFIG_SHA1SUM
         bool "sha1sum"
@@ -358,72 +377,76 @@ config CONFIG_SLEEP
         bool "sleep (single integer arg with no suffix)"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds,
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP
         bool "  Enable multiple integer args and optional time suffixes"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_SLEEP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow sleep to pause for specified minutes, hours, and days.
 
 config CONFIG_SORT
         bool "sort"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         sort is used to sort lines of text in specified files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SORT_REVERSE
         bool "  Enable reverse sort"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_SORT
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable the `-r' option that allows sort to sort lines of
+         text in reverse.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SORT_UNIQUE
         bool "  Enable unique sort"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_SORT
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable the `-u' option that allows sort to only sort lines
+         that are uniq. 
 
 config CONFIG_STTY
         bool "stty"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         stty is used to change and print terminal line settings.
 
 config CONFIG_SYNC
         bool "sync"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         sync is used to flush filesystem buffers.
 
 config CONFIG_TAIL
         bool "tail"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         tail is used to print the last specified number of lines
+         from files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
         bool "  Enable extra tail options (-c, -q, -s, and -v)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TAIL
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable tail options (-c, -q, -s, and -v).
 
 config CONFIG_TEE
         bool "tee"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         tee is used to read from standard input and write
+         to standard output and files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TEE_USE_BLOCK_IO
         bool "  Enable block i/o (larger/faster) instead of byte i/o."
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TEE
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable this option for a faster tee, at expense of size.
 
 if CONFIG_ASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_MSH
         config CONFIG_TEST
@@ -436,20 +459,24 @@ if !CONFIG_ASH && !CONFIG_HUSH && !CONFIG_LASH && !CONFIG_MSH
             bool "test"
             default n
             help
-              Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+              test is used to check file types and compare values,
+              returning an appropriate exit code. The shells (ash
+              and bash have test builtin).
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_TOUCH
         bool "touch"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         touch is used to create or change the access and/or
+         modification timestamp of specified files.
 
 config CONFIG_TR
         bool "tr"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         tr is used to squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard
+         input, writing to standard output.
 
 if CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_MSH
         config CONFIG_TRUE
@@ -462,75 +489,80 @@ if !CONFIG_HUSH && !CONFIG_LASH && !CONFIG_MSH
             bool "true"
             default n
             help
-              Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+              true returns an exit code of TRUE (0).
+
 endif
 
 config CONFIG_TTY
         bool "tty"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         tty is used to print the name of the current terminal to
+         standard output.
 
 config CONFIG_UNAME
         bool "uname"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         uname is used to print system information.
 
 config CONFIG_UNIQ
         bool "uniq"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         uniq is used to remove duplicate lines from a sorted file.
 
 config CONFIG_USLEEP
         bool "usleep"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         usleep is used to pause for a specified number of microseconds.
 
 config CONFIG_UUDECODE
         bool "uudecode"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         uudecode is used to decode a uuencoded file.
 
 config CONFIG_UUENCODE
         bool "uuencode"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         uuencode is used to uuencode a file.
 
 config CONFIG_WATCH
         bool "watch"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         watch is used to execute a program periodically, showing
+         output to the screen.
 
 config CONFIG_WC
         bool "wc"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         wc is used to print the number of bytes, words, and lines,
+         in specified files.
 
 config CONFIG_WHO
         bool "who"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         who is used to show who is logged on.
 
 config CONFIG_WHOAMI
         bool "whoami"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         whoami is used to print the username of the current
+         user id (same as id -un).
 
 config CONFIG_YES
         bool "yes"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
-
+         yes is used to repeatedly output a specific string, or
+         the default string `y'.
 
 comment "Common options for cp and mv"
     depends on CONFIG_CP || CONFIG_MV
@@ -540,7 +572,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_PRESERVE_HARDLINKS
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_CP || CONFIG_MV
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow cp and mv to preserve hard links.
 
 comment "Common options for ls and more"
     depends on CONFIG_LS || CONFIG_MORE
@@ -550,8 +582,7 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_AUTOWIDTH
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_LS || CONFIG_MORE
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
-
+         Allow ls and more to calculate terminal and column widths.
 
 comment "Common options for df, du, ls"
     depends on CONFIG_DF || CONFIG_DU || CONFIG_LS
@@ -561,6 +592,6 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_DF || CONFIG_DU || CONFIG_LS
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Allow df, du, and ls to have human readable output.
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/shell/Config.in b/shell/Config.in
index b643c8f3d..8373a808c 100644
--- a/shell/Config.in
+++ b/shell/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ choice
         prompt "Choose your default shell"
         default "none"
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Choose a shell. The ash shell is the most bash compatible
+         and full featured.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH
         bool "ash"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ config CONFIG_ASH
         bool "ash"
         default y
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Make sh a link to ash.
 endif
 
 comment "Ash Shell Options"
@@ -51,28 +52,28 @@ config CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable job control in the ash shell.
 
 config CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS
         bool "  Enable alias support"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable alias support in the ash shell.
 
 config CONFIG_ASH_MATH_SUPPORT
         bool "  Enable Posix math support"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable math support in the ash shell.
 
 config CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS
         bool "  Enable getopt builtin to parse positional parameters"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable builtin getopt in the ash shell.
 
 config CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD
         bool "  Enable cmdcmd to override shell builtins"
@@ -86,15 +87,14 @@ config CONFIG_ASH_MAIL
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable "check for new mail" in the ash shell.
 
 config CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
         bool "  Optimize for size instead of speed"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
-
+         Compile ash for reduced size at price of speed.
 
 if CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_HUSH
         config CONFIG_HUSH
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ config CONFIG_HUSH
         bool "hush"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Make sh a link to hush.
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_LASH
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ config CONFIG_LASH
         bool "lash"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Make sh a link to lash.
 endif
 
 if CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_MSH
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ config CONFIG_MSH
         bool "msh"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Make sh a link to msh.
 endif
 
 
@@ -150,49 +150,51 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_EDITING
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable command editing in shell.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_SAVEHISTORY
         bool "  history saving"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable history saving in ash shell.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_TAB_COMPLETION
         bool "tab completion"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable tab completion in shell.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_USERNAME_COMPLETION
         bool "username completion"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable username completion in shell.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_COMMAND_HISTORY
         int "history size"
         default 15
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Specify command history size in shell.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE_SHELL
         bool "Standalone shell"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Have all the busybox commands built into the shell, creating
+         a standalone shell.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_APPLETS_ALWAYS_WIN
         bool "Standalone shell -- applets always win"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MSH || CONFIG_LASH || CONFIG_HUSH || CONFIG_ASH
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Use a command builtin to the shell over one with the same name,
+         that may be on the system.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_FANCY_PROMPT
         bool "Fancy shell prompts"
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in
index be56020f4..d2e827213 100644
--- a/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ config CONFIG_NFSMOUNT
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_MOUNT
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+         Enable mounting of NFS file systems.
 
 config CONFIG_UMOUNT
         bool "umount"