diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 83cd1c7aa409..c3333e5be5d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ config NR_CPUS
 	---help---
 	  This allows you to specify the maximum number of CPUs which this
 	  kernel will support.  If CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, the maximum
-	  supported value is 4096, otherwise the maximum value is 512.  The
+	  supported value is 8192, otherwise the maximum value is 512.  The
 	  minimum value which makes sense is 2.
 
 	  This is purely to save memory - each supported CPU adds