--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ config SND_PCM
 	select SND_TIMER
 
 config SND_HWDEP
-	tristate
+	tristate "Sound hardware support"
 
 config SND_RAWMIDI
 	tristate
 
 config SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD
-	tristate
+	tristate "Compression offloading support"
 
 # To be effective this also requires INPUT - users should say:
 #    select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND
