diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index 418b6f3b0ae8..152304624644 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config EXT4DEV_COMPAT
 
 	  To enable backwards compatibility so that systems that are
 	  still expecting to mount ext4 filesystems using ext4dev,
-	  chose Y here.   This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so
+	  choose Y here.   This feature will go away by 2.6.31, so
 	  please arrange to get your userspace programs fixed!
 
 config EXT4_FS_XATTR