diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
index 7e81e37c0b1e..b245d524d568 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ interface.
 Using sysfs
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-sysfs is always compiled in. You can access it by doing:
+sysfs is always compiled in if CONFIG_SYSFS is defined. You can access
+it by doing:
 
     mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys