diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index 64d750cc5ae4..b2f904a24c5c 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ sub read_kconfig {
 	    $iflevel-- if ($iflevel);
 
 	# stop on "help" and keywords that end a menu entry
-	} elsif (/^\s*help\s*$/ || /^(comment|choice|menu)\b/) {
+	} elsif (/^\s*(---)?help(---)?\s*$/ || /^(comment|choice|menu)\b/) {
 	    $state = "NONE";
 	}
     }