diff --git a/kconfig/confdata.c b/kconfig/confdata.c
index c814f576..0b7dc2fd 100644
--- a/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ int conf_read_simple(const char *name, int def)
 			goto load;
 		sym_add_change_count(1);
 		if (!sym_defconfig_list) {
-			if (modules_sym)
-				sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
+			sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
 			return 1;
 		}
 
@@ -404,9 +403,7 @@ setsym:
 	}
 	free(line);
 	fclose(in);
-
-	if (modules_sym)
-		sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
+	sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kconfig/expr.c b/kconfig/expr.c
index 667d1aa2..cbf4996d 100644
--- a/kconfig/expr.c
+++ b/kconfig/expr.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ void expr_print(struct expr *e, void (*fn)(void *, struct symbol *, const char *
 			fn(data, e->left.sym, e->left.sym->name);
 		else
 			fn(data, NULL, "<choice>");
-		fn(data, NULL, e->type == E_LEQ ? ">=" : ">");
+		fn(data, NULL, e->type == E_GEQ ? ">=" : ">");
 		fn(data, e->right.sym, e->right.sym->name);
 		break;
 	case E_UNEQUAL:
diff --git a/kconfig/symbol.c b/kconfig/symbol.c
index 70c5ee18..25cf0c2c 100644
--- a/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -467,8 +467,7 @@ void sym_clear_all_valid(void)
 	for_all_symbols(i, sym)
 		sym->flags &= ~SYMBOL_VALID;
 	sym_add_change_count(1);
-	if (modules_sym)
-		sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
+	sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
 }
 
 bool sym_tristate_within_range(struct symbol *sym, tristate val)
@@ -1117,6 +1116,8 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 		if (stack->sym == last_sym)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:error: recursive dependency detected!\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno);
+			fprintf(stderr, "For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt\n");
+			fprintf(stderr, "subsection \"Kconfig recursive dependency limitations\"\n");
 		if (stack->expr) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s %s value contains %s\n",
 				prop->file->name, prop->lineno,
diff --git a/kconfig/zconf.gperf b/kconfig/zconf.gperf
index b6ac02d6..ac498f01 100644
--- a/kconfig/zconf.gperf
+++ b/kconfig/zconf.gperf
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ comment,	T_COMMENT,	TF_COMMAND
 config,		T_CONFIG,	TF_COMMAND
 menuconfig,	T_MENUCONFIG,	TF_COMMAND
 help,		T_HELP,		TF_COMMAND
+---help---,	T_HELP,		TF_COMMAND
 if,		T_IF,		TF_COMMAND|TF_PARAM
 endif,		T_ENDIF,	TF_COMMAND
 depends,	T_DEPENDS,	TF_COMMAND
diff --git a/kconfig/zconf.l b/kconfig/zconf.l
index 200a3fe3..c410d257 100644
--- a/kconfig/zconf.l
+++ b/kconfig/zconf.l
@@ -66,9 +66,16 @@ static void alloc_string(const char *str, int size)
 	memcpy(text, str, size);
 	text[size] = 0;
 }
+
+static void warn_ignored_character(char chr)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr,
+	        "%s:%d:warning: ignoring unsupported character '%c'\n",
+	        zconf_curname(), zconf_lineno(), chr);
+}
 %}
 
-n	[A-Za-z0-9_]
+n	[A-Za-z0-9_-]
 
 %%
 	int str = 0;
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ n	[A-Za-z0-9_]
 		zconflval.string = text;
 		return T_WORD;
 	}
-	.
+	.	warn_ignored_character(*yytext);
 	\n	{
 		BEGIN(INITIAL);
 		current_file->lineno++;
@@ -132,8 +139,7 @@ n	[A-Za-z0-9_]
 		BEGIN(STRING);
 	}
 	\n	BEGIN(INITIAL); current_file->lineno++; return T_EOL;
-	---	/* ignore */
-	({n}|[-/.])+	{
+	({n}|[/.])+	{
 		const struct kconf_id *id = kconf_id_lookup(yytext, yyleng);
 		if (id && id->flags & TF_PARAM) {
 			zconflval.id = id;
@@ -146,11 +152,7 @@ n	[A-Za-z0-9_]
 	#.*	/* comment */
 	\\\n	current_file->lineno++;
 	[[:blank:]]+
-	.	{
-		fprintf(stderr,
-		        "%s:%d:warning: ignoring unsupported character '%c'\n",
-		        zconf_curname(), zconf_lineno(), *yytext);
-	}
+	.	warn_ignored_character(*yytext);
 	<<EOF>> {
 		BEGIN(INITIAL);
 	}