diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 20136ffefb23..2956d1556cc3 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -1150,8 +1150,7 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 		if (stack->sym == last_sym)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:error: recursive dependency detected!\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno);
-			fprintf(stderr, "For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt\n");
-			fprintf(stderr, "subsection \"Kconfig recursive dependency limitations\"\n");
+
 		if (stack->expr) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s value contains %s\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
@@ -1181,6 +1180,11 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 		}
 	}
 
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt\n"
+		"subsection \"Kconfig recursive dependency limitations\"\n"
+		"\n");
+
 	if (check_top == &cv_stack)
 		dep_stack_remove();
 }