kbuild: add distclean info to 'make help' and more details for 'clean'

[thirdparty/kernel/linux.git] / Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 241fed3a74a6b795df8621d2a5b62ab033fe7bcd..fce530a66e33a063746874f5086d3b4aebc0edc9 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1086,9 +1086,10 @@ boards := $(notdir $(boards))
 
 help:
        @echo  'Cleaning targets:'
-       @echo  '  clean           - remove most generated files but keep the config'
+       @echo  '  clean           - remove most generated files but keep the config and'
+       @echo  '                    enough build support to build external modules'
        @echo  '  mrproper        - remove all generated files + config + various backup files'
-       @echo  '  distclean       - mrproper + patch files'
+       @echo  '  distclean       - mrproper + remove editor backup and patch files'
        @echo  ''
        @echo  'Configuration targets:'
        @$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/Makefile help