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diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
index 5dfc206748..49b51f9648 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig
+++ b/security/Kconfig
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@ config SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR
 	  from userspace allocation.  Keeping a user from writing to low pages
 	  can help reduce the impact of kernel NULL pointer bugs.
 
-	  For most users with lots of address space a value of 65536 is
-	  reasonable and should cause no problems.  Programs which use vm86
-	  functionality would either need additional permissions from either
-	  the LSM or the capabilities module or have this protection disabled.
+	  For most ia64, ppc64 and x86 users with lots of address space
+	  a value of 65536 is reasonable and should cause no problems.
+	  On arm and other archs it should not be higher than 32768.
+	  Programs which use vm86 functionality would either need additional
+	  permissions from either the LSM or the capabilities module or have
+	  this protection disabled.
 
 	  This value can be changed after boot using the
 	  /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr tunable.