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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index ae7f5917935..9bf0f402ca7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -943,7 +943,8 @@ void print_events(void)
printf("\n");
printf(" %-42s [%s]\n",
- "rNNN (NNN=<UMASK VALUE><EVENT NUM>)", event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_RAW]);
+ "rNNN (see 'perf list --help' on how to encode it)",
+ event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_RAW]);
printf("\n");
printf(" %-42s [%s]\n",