diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index c52856da0cad..db101857b2c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -241,9 +241,8 @@ comment "module support disabled"
 	depends on !MODULES
 
 MODVERSIONS directly depends on MODULES, this means it's only visible if
-MODULES is different from 'n'. The comment on the other hand is always
-visible when MODULES is visible (the (empty) dependency of MODULES is
-also part of the comment dependencies).
+MODULES is different from 'n'. The comment on the other hand is only
+visible when MODULES is set to 'n'.
 
 
 Kconfig syntax
@@ -285,12 +284,17 @@ choices:
 	"endchoice"
 
 This defines a choice group and accepts any of the above attributes as
-options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate, while a boolean
-choice only allows a single config entry to be selected, a tristate
-choice also allows any number of config entries to be set to 'm'. This
-can be used if multiple drivers for a single hardware exists and only a
-single driver can be compiled/loaded into the kernel, but all drivers
-can be compiled as modules.
+options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate.  If no type is
+specified for a choice, it's type will be determined by the type of
+the first choice element in the group or remain unknown if none of the
+choice elements have a type specified, as well.
+
+While a boolean choice only allows a single config entry to be
+selected, a tristate choice also allows any number of config entries
+to be set to 'm'. This can be used if multiple drivers for a single
+hardware exists and only a single driver can be compiled/loaded into
+the kernel, but all drivers can be compiled as modules.
+
 A choice accepts another option "optional", which allows to set the
 choice to 'n' and no entry needs to be selected.
 If no [symbol] is associated with a choice, then you can not have multiple
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index dd243d2abd87..297b079ae4d9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ int conf_read_simple(const char *name, int def)
 				continue;
 		} else {
 			if (line[0] != '\r' && line[0] != '\n')
-				conf_warning("unexpected data");
+				conf_warning("unexpected data: %.*s",
+					     (int)strcspn(line, "\r\n"), line);
+
 			continue;
 		}
 setsym:
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 25cf0c2c0c79..2432298487fb 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -209,12 +209,26 @@ static void sym_set_all_changed(void)
 static void sym_calc_visibility(struct symbol *sym)
 {
 	struct property *prop;
+	struct symbol *choice_sym = NULL;
 	tristate tri;
 
 	/* any prompt visible? */
 	tri = no;
+
+	if (sym_is_choice_value(sym))
+		choice_sym = prop_get_symbol(sym_get_choice_prop(sym));
+
 	for_all_prompts(sym, prop) {
 		prop->visible.tri = expr_calc_value(prop->visible.expr);
+		/*
+		 * Tristate choice_values with visibility 'mod' are
+		 * not visible if the corresponding choice's value is
+		 * 'yes'.
+		 */
+		if (choice_sym && sym->type == S_TRISTATE &&
+		    prop->visible.tri == mod && choice_sym->curr.tri == yes)
+			prop->visible.tri = no;
+
 		tri = EXPR_OR(tri, prop->visible.tri);
 	}
 	if (tri == mod && (sym->type != S_TRISTATE || modules_val == no))