diff --git a/boot/uboot/Config.in b/boot/uboot/Config.in
index 8e71886e22..af9ccab9ab 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/Config.in
+++ b/boot/uboot/Config.in
@@ -40,10 +40,24 @@ config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE
 	string "U-Boot version"
 	depends on BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION
 
-if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL
-
 config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION
 	string "URL of custom U-Boot tarball"
+	depends on BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL
+
+if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_HG
+
+config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_REPO_URL
+	string "URL of custom repository"
+	default BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL \
+		if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL != ""  # legacy
+
+config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION
+	string "Custom repository version"
+	default BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION \
+		if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION != ""  # legacy
+	help
+	  Revision to use in the typical format used by Git/Mercurial
+	  E.G. a sha id, a tag, branch, ..
 
 endif
 
@@ -65,20 +79,6 @@ config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR
 
 	  Most users may leave this empty
 
-if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_HG
-
-config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_REPO_URL
-	string "URL of custom repository"
-	default BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL \
-		if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL != ""  # legacy
-
-config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION
-	string "Custom repository version"
-	default BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION \
-		if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_GIT_VERSION != ""  # legacy
-
-endif
-
 choice
 	prompt "U-Boot binary format"
 	default BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN
diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index a12102adf0..32426a328c 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL
 	  specific kernel source tarball
 
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT
-	bool "Custom Git tree"
+	bool "Custom Git repository"
 	help
 	  This option allows Buildroot to get the Linux kernel source
 	  code from a Git repository.