diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index e9cd39a92dc220dcfb4cef0ee0a8c98dc4b93199..778f54d4d0bd7516c3342d2fdda129138bc28779 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-        Don't complain, do it.
+        Don't do ownership validation.
 
 -v::
 --verbose::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index d1deb573877fe5d84a8a7a7a63fe700585e4d8d5..3e9490b9c5334486d9787d52e531e1002c917c47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-       Don't complain, do it.
+        Don't do ownership validation.
 
 --symfs=<directory>::
         Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 12113992ac9d0f5ceca0b003cec568717c4208e5..496d42cdf02b153593d22abc28366fd16f6090ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -f::
 --force::
-        Don't complain, do it.
+        Don't do ownership validation.
 
 --symfs=<directory>::
         Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 382ddfb45d1dbbb4a65bfe464c29096923b64bd3..22ef3933342adcac3ba298bc685b8ac7da2f2bf1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
 --ns::
 	Use 9 decimal places when displaying time (i.e. show the nanoseconds)
 
+-f::
+--force::
+	Don't do ownership validation.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],