diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 738ce226002b8a0e88093fefaf74e9fe6093a13a..a5f339d447ccb6ec653d808175a200b39328370b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2382,12 +2382,13 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
 		 "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid,\n"
 		 "which controls use of the performance events system by\n"
 		 "unprivileged users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).\n\n"
-		 "The default value is 1:\n\n"
+		 "The current value is %d:\n\n"
 		 "  -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users\n"
 		 ">= 0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK\n"
 		 ">= 1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n"
 		 ">= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN",
-				 target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : "");
+				 target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : "",
+				 perf_event_paranoid());
 	case ENOENT:
 		return scnprintf(msg, size, "The %s event is not supported.",
 				 perf_evsel__name(evsel));