diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index d2b59af62bc0ad6ddff918f2aee04a67fbf5541f..d561e0214f52fbcb1ba1562d4bac1d602af31f10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -w::
 --column-widths=<width[,width...]>::
 	Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
-	readability.
+	readability.  0 means no limit (default behavior).
 
 -t::
 --field-separator=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 180ae02137a519acf1b3d779a92eb651db6b4aff..28fdee3948806896ad38876d4d1c071f7453a60b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 	sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains
 	the original value before and after the filter is applied.
 
+-w::
+--column-widths=<width[,width...]>::
+	Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
+	readability.  0 means no limit (default behavior).
+
+
 INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 377971dc89a3b26ffcd25b9eb3e8c0c01338ea24..bde216b2071c77b8eb24bd161f1f0b1188c48900 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1131,6 +1131,9 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		     "Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
 		     "How to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
+	OPT_STRING('w', "column-widths", &symbol_conf.col_width_list_str,
+		   "width[,width...]",
+		   "don't try to adjust column width, use these fixed values"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const top_usage[] = {