diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 4fc5c043adf6..824d1a14d981 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -482,14 +482,14 @@ config SERIAL_IMX
 	  can enable its onboard serial port by enabling this option.
 
 config SERIAL_IMX_CONSOLE
-	tristate "Console on IMX serial port"
+	bool "Console on IMX serial port"
 	depends on SERIAL_IMX
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
 	help
 	  If you have enabled the serial port on the Freescale IMX
-	  CPU you can make it the console by answering Y/M to this option.
+	  CPU you can make it the console by answering Y to this option.
 
-	  Even if you say Y/M here, the currently visible virtual console
+	  Even if you say Y here, the currently visible virtual console
 	  (/dev/tty0) will still be used as the system console by default, but
 	  you can alter that using a kernel command line option such as
 	  "console=ttymxc0". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of