diff --git a/src/system/boot/loader/menu.cpp b/src/system/boot/loader/menu.cpp
index ee98bb9c6d..ef15a2a9ff 100644
--- a/src/system/boot/loader/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/system/boot/loader/menu.cpp
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ add_debug_menu()
 	item->SetData("serial_debug_output");
 	item->SetType(MENU_ITEM_MARKABLE);
 	item->SetHelpText("Turns on forwarding the syslog output to the serial "
-		"interface (115200, 8N1).");
+		"interface (default: 115200, 8N1).");
 
 	menu->AddItem(item
 		= new(nothrow) MenuItem("Enable on screen debug output"));