diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 95541b99aa8e..b2dff1935893 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT
 	  Incompatible with older versions of ccache.
 
 config DEBUG_INFO_BTF
-	bool "Generate BTF typeinfo"
+	bool "Generate BTF type information"
 	depends on !DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT && !DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
 	depends on !GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ config PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE
 	  using DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES.
 
 config DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
-	def_bool y
+	bool "Generate BTF type information for kernel modules"
+	default y
 	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && MODULES && PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF
 	help
 	  Generate compact split BTF type information for kernel modules.