diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index bb2efdd566a9..db93dbc0e21a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ config SMP
 	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
 
 config NR_CPUS
-	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-32)"
+	int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-128)"
 	range 2 128
 	depends on SMP
 	default "32" if PPC64