diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index e145e4db508bc6a45ed598f0cb3564893d0bc026..0c5185187dad0b68616df0892ae3b506881b7d91 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ dochelp:
 	@echo  '  pdfdocs         - PDF'
 	@echo  '  epubdocs        - EPUB'
 	@echo  '  xmldocs         - XML'
-	@echo  '  linkcheckdocs   - check for broken external links (will connect to external hosts)'
-	@echo  '  refcheckdocs    - check for references to non-existing files under Documentation'
+	@echo  '  linkcheckdocs   - check for broken external links'
+	@echo  '                    (will connect to external hosts)'
+	@echo  '  refcheckdocs    - check for references to non-existing files under'
+	@echo  '                    Documentation'
 	@echo  '  cleandocs       - clean all generated files'
 	@echo
 	@echo  '  make SPHINXDIRS="s1 s2" [target] Generate only docs of folder s1, s2'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 765a2b5bdada87fe985b3afb956d237ee2091555..6cd5af1e7fd4f64aaf85d694fe73ef8f285543c7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1523,7 +1523,8 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  make V=0|1 [targets] 0 => quiet build (default), 1 => verbose build'
 	@echo  '  make V=2   [targets] 2 => give reason for rebuild of target'
 	@echo  '  make O=dir [targets] Locate all output files in "dir", including .config'
-	@echo  '  make C=1   [targets] Check re-compiled c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)'
+	@echo  '  make C=1   [targets] Check re-compiled c source with $$CHECK'
+	@echo  '                       (sparse by default)'
 	@echo  '  make C=2   [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK'
 	@echo  '  make RECORDMCOUNT_WARN=1 [targets] Warn about ignored mcount sections'
 	@echo  '  make W=n   [targets] Enable extra build checks, n=1,2,3 where'
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.package b/scripts/Makefile.package
index 56eadcc48d46de54acad156db436fecdc085638f..ee9b368dfcf377369fa738ddb5f8964caf935561 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.package
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.package
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ help:
 	@echo '  binrpm-pkg          - Build only the binary kernel RPM package'
 	@echo '  deb-pkg             - Build both source and binary deb kernel packages'
 	@echo '  bindeb-pkg          - Build only the binary kernel deb package'
-	@echo '  snap-pkg            - Build only the binary kernel snap package (will connect to external hosts)'
+	@echo '  snap-pkg            - Build only the binary kernel snap package'
+	@echo '                        (will connect to external hosts)'
 	@echo '  tar-pkg             - Build the kernel as an uncompressed tarball'
 	@echo '  targz-pkg           - Build the kernel as a gzip compressed tarball'
 	@echo '  tarbz2-pkg          - Build the kernel as a bzip2 compressed tarball'
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 1ce83269a5dc58eaa9aac56aebfd22d961e8a95a..588b55f9f61832e30094e550c3dbf40f24babddd 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  olddefconfig	  - Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their'
 	@echo  '                    default value without prompting'
 	@echo  '  kvmconfig	  - Enable additional options for kvm guest kernel support'
-	@echo  '  xenconfig       - Enable additional options for xen dom0 and guest kernel support'
+	@echo  '  xenconfig       - Enable additional options for xen dom0 and guest kernel'
+	@echo  '                    support'
 	@echo  '  tinyconfig	  - Configure the tiniest possible kernel'
 	@echo  '  testconfig	  - Run Kconfig unit tests (requires python3 and pytest)'