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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
index 8ef6dbb6a46..bbc99c0c109 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -20,16 +20,9 @@ symbols have been introduced.
To see a list of new config symbols when using "make oldconfig", use
cp user/some/old.config .config
- yes "" | make oldconfig >conf.new
+ make listnewconfig
-and the config program will list as (NEW) any new symbols that have
-unknown values. Of course, the .config file is also updated with
-new (default) values, so you can use:
-
- grep "(NEW)" conf.new
-
-to see the new config symbols or you can use diffconfig to see the
-differences between the previous and new .config files:
+and the config program will list any new symbols, one per line.
scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less