diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c
index 506cde437b785197e9c2ffe6fd091fbb69ac5e16..9fdf8224ee61fa34b984086b593d0eaa47bcb3fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
 	OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &vmlinux, "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
-	OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sort_order, "foo", "bar"),
+	OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
+		   "sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol. Default: pid,symbol"),
 	OPT_END()
 };