- the help target is phony

Makefile.in

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------
 noconfig_targets := menuconfig config oldconfig silentoldconfig randconfig \
 	defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig clean distclean \
-	release dist tags
+	release dist tags help
 
 include $(top_builddir)Rules.mak
 sub_headers := headers

Makerules

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PHONY := FORCE
 .PHONY: dummy $(PHONY) \
 	all check clean realclean distclean test \
 	config dist menuconfig oldconfig release \
-	subdirs utils
+	subdirs utils help
 
 # order is important, the stripping uses STRIP_FLAGS for lib-so, but not for lib-a
 ifeq ($(HAVE_SHARED),y)