diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kasan b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
index 879757b6dd14..1f3e620188a2 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kasan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
@@ -178,17 +178,17 @@ config KASAN_TAGS_IDENTIFY
 	  memory consumption.
 
 config KASAN_VMALLOC
-	bool "Back mappings in vmalloc space with real shadow memory"
-	depends on KASAN_GENERIC && HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
+	bool "Check accesses to vmalloc allocations"
+	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
 	help
-	  By default, the shadow region for vmalloc space is the read-only
-	  zero page. This means that KASAN cannot detect errors involving
-	  vmalloc space.
+	  This mode makes KASAN check accesses to vmalloc allocations for
+	  validity.
 
-	  Enabling this option will hook in to vmap/vmalloc and back those
-	  mappings with real shadow memory allocated on demand. This allows
-	  for KASAN to detect more sorts of errors (and to support vmapped
-	  stacks), but at the cost of higher memory usage.
+	  With software KASAN modes, checking is done for all types of vmalloc
+	  allocations. Enabling this option leads to higher memory usage.
+
+	  With hardware tag-based KASAN, only VM_ALLOC mappings are checked.
+	  There is no additional memory usage.
 
 config KASAN_KUNIT_TEST
 	tristate "KUnit-compatible tests of KASAN bug detection capabilities" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS