diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_mib.c b/sys/kern/kern_mib.c
index bbee475995f..ac6196c5077 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_mib.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_mib.c
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ sysctl_hw_machine_arch(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
 SYSCTL_PROC(_hw, HW_MACHINE_ARCH, machine_arch, CTLTYPE_STRING | CTLFLAG_RD,
     NULL, 0, sysctl_hw_machine_arch, "A", "System architecture");
 
-SYSCTL_STRING(_kern, OID_AUTO, supported_abis, CTLFLAG_RD | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
+SYSCTL_STRING(_kern, OID_AUTO, supported_archs, CTLFLAG_RD | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
 #ifdef COMPAT_FREEBSD32
-    MACHINE_ARCH " " MACHINE_ARCH32, 0, "List of supported ABIs");
+    MACHINE_ARCH " " MACHINE_ARCH32, 0, "Supported architectures for binaries");
 #else
-    MACHINE_ARCH, 0, "List of supported ABIs");
+    MACHINE_ARCH, 0, "Supported architectures for binaries");
 #endif
 
 static int