diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index f342278539d5..494b888a6568 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ config MACVTAP
 	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
 	  on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
 	  can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
-	  macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
+	  macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
 
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
 	  will be called macvtap.