diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index d1ce29be560e5e7dad2a2faca9a68c2246510a11..cd7bc4d104e27e878e1ed694bf6be1d9b89d0a9d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, struct perf_mem *mem)
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "ldlat", &perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat, "mem-loads latency"),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "--all-user", &all_user, "collect only user level data"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('K', "--all-kernel", &all_kernel, "collect only kernel level data"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "all-user", &all_user, "collect only user level data"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('K', "all-kernel", &all_kernel, "collect only kernel level data"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};