diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 4858d83b3b6746ea50756e58ffcdb90b61f8a5d4..a5d661b99af63ab50037188ec298918f7a5cc21c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static void print_tracepoint_events(void)
 								evt_path, st) {
 			snprintf(evt_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s:%s",
 				 sys_dirent.d_name, evt_dirent.d_name);
-			fprintf(stderr, "  %-40s [%s]\n", evt_path,
+			fprintf(stderr, "  %-42s [%s]\n", evt_path,
 				event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT+1]);
 		}
 		closedir(evt_dir);
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ void print_events(void)
 			sprintf(name, "%s OR %s", syms->symbol, syms->alias);
 		else
 			strcpy(name, syms->symbol);
-		fprintf(stderr, "  %-40s [%s]\n", name,
+		fprintf(stderr, "  %-42s [%s]\n", name,
 			event_type_descriptors[type]);
 
 		prev_type = type;
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ void print_events(void)
 				continue;
 
 			for (i = 0; i < PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX; i++) {
-				fprintf(stderr, "  %-40s [%s]\n",
+				fprintf(stderr, "  %-42s [%s]\n",
 					event_cache_name(type, op, i),
 					event_type_descriptors[4]);
 			}
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ void print_events(void)
 	}
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "  %-40s [raw hardware event descriptor]\n",
+	fprintf(stderr, "  %-42s [raw hardware event descriptor]\n",
 		"rNNN");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");