diff --git a/drivers/ata/Kconfig b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
index b4a8d6030e48..4ad8675f5a16 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/ata/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ menuconfig ATA
 	  that "speaks" the ATA protocol, also called ATA controller),
 	  because you will be asked for it.
 
+	  NOTE: ATA enables basic SCSI support; *however*,
+	  'SCSI disk support', 'SCSI tape support', or
+	  'SCSI CDROM support' may also be needed,
+	  depending on your hardware configuration.
+
 if ATA
 
 config ATA_NONSTANDARD
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index 2b2f5c12019b..eb46cb0e3cb7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_SD
 	depends on SCSI
 	---help---
 	  If you want to use SCSI hard disks, Fibre Channel disks,
+	  Serial ATA (SATA) or Parallel ATA (PATA) hard disks,
 	  USB storage or the SCSI or parallel port version of
 	  the IOMEGA ZIP drive, say Y and read the SCSI-HOWTO,
 	  the Disk-HOWTO and the Multi-Disk-HOWTO, available from