@@ -3480,46 +3480,49 @@ sub process {
 		    # (\b) rather than a whitespace character (\s)
 		    $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:config|menuconfig|choice)\b/) {
 			my $length = 0;
-			my $cnt = $realcnt;
-			my $ln = $linenr + 1;
-			my $f;
-			my $is_start = 0;
-			my $is_end = 0;
-			for (; $cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]; $ln++) {
-				$f = $lines[$ln - 1];
-				$cnt-- if ($lines[$ln - 1] !~ /^-/);
-				$is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/;
+			my $ln = $linenr;
+			my $needs_help = 0;
+			my $has_help = 0;
+			my $herecfg = $herecurr;
+			while (defined $lines[$ln]) {
+				my $f = $lines[$ln++];
 
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
-				last if (!$file && $f =~ /^\@\@/);
+				last if (!$file && $f =~ /^(?:\@\@|diff )/);
 
-				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
-					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
-					$length = -1;
+				$herecfg .= $rawlines[$ln - 1] . "\n";
+				if ($f =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
+					$needs_help = 1;
+					next;
+				}
+				if ($f =~ /^\+\s*help\s*$/) {
+					$has_help = 1;
+					next;
 				}
 
-				$f =~ s/^.//;
-				$f =~ s/#.*//;
-				$f =~ s/^\s+//;
-				next if ($f =~ /^$/);
+				$f =~ s/^.//;	# strip patch context [+ ]
+				$f =~ s/#.*//;	# strip # directives
+				$f =~ s/^\s+//;	# strip leading blanks
+				next if ($f =~ /^$/);	# skip blank lines
 
+				# At the end of this Kconfig block:
 				# This only checks context lines in the patch
 				# and so hopefully shouldn't trigger false
 				# positives, even though some of these are
 				# common words in help texts
-				if ($f =~ /^\s*(?:config|menuconfig|choice|endchoice|
-						  if|endif|menu|endmenu|source)\b/x) {
-					$is_end = 1;
+				if ($f =~ /^(?:config|menuconfig|choice|endchoice|
+					       if|endif|menu|endmenu|source)\b/x) {
+					$herecfg =~ s/.*\n\Z//;	# strip last line
 					last;
 				}
-				$length++;
+				$length++ if ($has_help);
 			}
-			if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
+			if ($needs_help &&
+			    (!$has_help ||
+			     ($has_help && $length < $min_conf_desc_length))) {
 				WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-				     "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
+				     "please write a help paragraph that fully describes the config symbol\n" . $herecfg);
 			}
-			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
 
 # check MAINTAINERS entries