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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f8b80b5bab71..c59dd35a6da5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5609,6 +5609,10 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
"\t [:name=histname1]\n"
"\t [:<handler>.<action>]\n"
"\t [if <filter>]\n\n"
+ "\t Note, special fields can be used as well:\n"
+ "\t common_timestamp - to record current timestamp\n"
+ "\t common_cpu - to record the CPU the event happened on\n"
+ "\n"
"\t When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash\n"
"\t table using the key(s) and value(s) named, and the value of a\n"
"\t sum called 'hitcount' is incremented. Keys and values\n"