diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 635f3e286ad8..487236c65837 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ config JFFS2_COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
 	help
 	  Enabling this option allows you to explicitly choose which
 	  compression modules, if any, are enabled in JFFS2. Removing
-	  compressors and mean you cannot read existing file systems,
+	  compressors can mean you cannot read existing file systems,
 	  and enabling experimental compressors can mean that you
 	  write a file system which cannot be read by a standard kernel.