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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 02d7c40b2d10..e7144a1c1c82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1989,8 +1989,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary,
"Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"),
OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str,
- &record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time",
- "Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold",
+ &record.switch_output.set, "signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]",
+ "Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold",
"signal"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "switch-max-files", &record.switch_output.num_files,
"Limit number of switch output generated files"),