diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 7e5c3ddc341d..ccd3cdcf3df1 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
 	  appended after any matching localversion* files, and after the value
 	  set in CONFIG_LOCALVERSION.
 
-	  (The actual string used here is the first eight characters produced
+	  (The actual string used here is the first 12 characters produced
 	  by running the command:
 
 	    $ git rev-parse --verify HEAD