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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index bf28c47bfd72..48eab0bb1183 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -154,13 +154,8 @@ more details, with real examples.
Kbuild compiles all the $(obj-y) files. It then calls
"$(AR) rcSTP" to merge these files into one built-in.a file.
- This is a thin archive without a symbol table, which makes it
- unsuitable as a linker input.
-
- The scripts/link-vmlinux.sh script later makes an aggregate
- built-in.a with "${AR} rcsTP", which creates the thin archive
- with a symbol table and an index, making it a valid input for
- the final vmlinux link passes.
+ This is a thin archive without a symbol table. It will be later
+ linked into vmlinux by scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
The order of files in $(obj-y) is significant. Duplicates in
the lists are allowed: the first instance will be linked into