diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b487175f3bc..d5ed3cec7938 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '                    Build, install, and boot kernel before'
 	@echo  '                    running kselftest on it'
 	@echo  '  kselftest-clean - Remove all generated kselftest files'
-	@echo  '  kselftest-merge - Merge all the config dependencies of kselftest to existed'
+	@echo  '  kselftest-merge - Merge all the config dependencies of kselftest to existing'
 	@echo  '                    .config.'
 	@echo  ''
 	@echo 'Userspace tools targets:'