diff --git a/boards/arm/bl652_dvk/bl652_dvk_defconfig b/boards/arm/bl652_dvk/bl652_dvk_defconfig
index 4665d49f908..b927a3e6cf1 100644
--- a/boards/arm/bl652_dvk/bl652_dvk_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/bl652_dvk/bl652_dvk_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_BL652_DVK=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
 CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # enable GPIO
diff --git a/boards/arm/bl654_dvk/bl654_dvk_defconfig b/boards/arm/bl654_dvk/bl654_dvk_defconfig
index fa5c2b6b0f8..8f2dc73f944 100644
--- a/boards/arm/bl654_dvk/bl654_dvk_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/bl654_dvk/bl654_dvk_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_BL654_DVK=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
 CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # enable GPIO
diff --git a/boards/arm/decawave_dwm1001_dev/decawave_dwm1001_dev_defconfig b/boards/arm/decawave_dwm1001_dev/decawave_dwm1001_dev_defconfig
index 9ae8a6032ae..5df736b69b5 100644
--- a/boards/arm/decawave_dwm1001_dev/decawave_dwm1001_dev_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/decawave_dwm1001_dev/decawave_dwm1001_dev_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_DECAWAVE_DWM1001_DEV=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
 CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # enable GPIO
diff --git a/boards/arm/holyiot_yj16019/holyiot_yj16019_defconfig b/boards/arm/holyiot_yj16019/holyiot_yj16019_defconfig
index b7ccf05f8bb..6e04ecbd22c 100644
--- a/boards/arm/holyiot_yj16019/holyiot_yj16019_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/holyiot_yj16019/holyiot_yj16019_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_HOLYIOT_YJ16019=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
+CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # Enable GPIO
 CONFIG_GPIO=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf52833_pca10100/nrf52833_pca10100_defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf52833_pca10100/nrf52833_pca10100_defconfig
index 23f577eb077..ea3e174d862 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf52833_pca10100/nrf52833_pca10100_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf52833_pca10100/nrf52833_pca10100_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_NRF52833_PCA10100=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
+CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # enable GPIO
 CONFIG_GPIO=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf52840_pca10056/nrf52840_pca10056_defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf52840_pca10056/nrf52840_pca10056_defconfig
index 9e07162f1d0..8b4469fd2e7 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf52840_pca10056/nrf52840_pca10056_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf52840_pca10056/nrf52840_pca10056_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_NRF52840_PCA10056=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
+CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # enable GPIO
 CONFIG_GPIO=y
diff --git a/boards/arm/nrf52_pca10040/nrf52_pca10040_defconfig b/boards/arm/nrf52_pca10040/nrf52_pca10040_defconfig
index 4688e440b72..e9058aee3ab 100644
--- a/boards/arm/nrf52_pca10040/nrf52_pca10040_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/nrf52_pca10040/nrf52_pca10040_defconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_BOARD_NRF52_PCA10040=y
 CONFIG_ARM_MPU=y
 
 # Enable RTT
-CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
+CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
 
 # enable GPIO
 CONFIG_GPIO=y
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/nordic_segger.rst b/doc/guides/tools/nordic_segger.rst
index 0ba590fb770..5e341dd58d1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/nordic_segger.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/nordic_segger.rst
@@ -162,10 +162,17 @@ To use RTT, you will first need to enable it by adding the following lines in yo
 
 .. code-block:: text
 
-   CONFIG_HAS_SEGGER_RTT=y
    CONFIG_USE_SEGGER_RTT=y
    CONFIG_RTT_CONSOLE=y
 
+.. warning::
+
+   There is also a ``HAS_SEGGER_RTT`` symbol that indicates that the platform
+   supports SEGGER J-Link RTT. This symbol is set automatically by the SoC
+   Kconfig files. Do not confuse it with ``USE_SEGGER_RTT``.
+
+   ``USE_SEGGER_RTT`` depends on ``HAS_SEGGER_RTT``.
+
 If you get no RTT output you might need to disable other consoles which conflict
 with the RTT one if they are enabled by default in the particular sample or
 application you are running. For example, to disable the UART console,
diff --git a/subsys/debug/Kconfig.segger b/subsys/debug/Kconfig.segger
index f46f3be4869..6970e7d929e 100644
--- a/subsys/debug/Kconfig.segger
+++ b/subsys/debug/Kconfig.segger
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 config HAS_SEGGER_RTT
 	bool
+	help
+	  Indicates that the platform supports SEGGER J-Link RTT.
 
 config USE_SEGGER_RTT
 	bool "Enable SEGGER RTT libraries."