diff --git a/fs/squashfs/Kconfig b/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
index 3da0110..e5f63da 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 	help
 	  Saying Y here includes support for SquashFS 4.0 (a Compressed
 	  Read-Only File System).  Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only
-	  filesystem for Linux.  It uses zlib compression to compress both
+	  filesystem for Linux.  It uses zlib/lzo compression to compress both
 	  files, inodes and directories.  Inodes in the system are very small
 	  and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block sizes
 	  greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 1 Mbytes (default
 	  block size 128K).  SquashFS 4.0 supports 64 bit filesystems and files
 	  (larger than 4GB), full uid/gid information, hard links and
-	  timestamps.  
+	  timestamps.
 
 	  Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for
 	  archival use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in
@@ -40,11 +40,21 @@
 config SQUASHFS_LZO
 	bool "Include support for LZO compressed file systems"
 	depends on SQUASHFS
+	default n
 	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
+	help
+	  Saying Y here includes support for reading Squashfs file systems
+	  compressed with LZO compresssion.  LZO compression is mainly
+	  aimed at embedded systems with slower CPUs where the overheads
+	  of zlib are too high.
+
+	  LZO is not the standard compression used in Squashfs and so most
+	  file systems will be readable without selecting this option.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config SQUASHFS_EMBEDDED
-
-	bool "Additional option for memory-constrained systems" 
+	bool "Additional option for memory-constrained systems"
 	depends on SQUASHFS
 	default n
 	help