diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
index c9ab23bb91b..9f55a935f8a 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ options 	TCP_BLACKBOX		# Enhanced TCP event logging
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
 options		TCP_RFC7413		# TCP Fast Open
 options 	SCTP_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of SCTP
+options		KERN_TLS		# TLS transmit & receive offload
 options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
 options 	SOFTUPDATES		# Enable FFS soft updates support
 options 	UFS_ACL			# Support for access control lists
diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index 1a8059a2e5c..b4202bb6561 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ options		IPSEC_SUPPORT
 #options 	IPSEC_DEBUG		#debug for IP security
 
 
-# TLS framing and encryption of data transmitted over TCP sockets.
-options		KERN_TLS		# TLS transmit offload
+# TLS framing and encryption/decryption of data over TCP sockets.
+options		KERN_TLS		# TLS transmit and receive offload
 
 #
 # SMB/CIFS requester