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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 6cf8fd03b028..bb62f54c5480 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3834,14 +3834,16 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
#ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
" hist trigger\t- If set, event hits are aggregated into a hash table\n"
"\t Format: hist:keys=<field1>\n"
+ "\t [:values=<field1[,field2,...]>]\n"
"\t [:size=#entries]\n"
"\t [if <filter>]\n\n"
"\t When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash\n"
- "\t table using the key named, and the value of a sum called\n"
- "\t 'hitcount' is incremented. Keys correspond to fields in the\n"
- "\t event's format description. Keys can be any field. The\n"
- "\t 'size' parameter can be used to specify more or fewer than\n"
- "\t the default 2048 entries for the hashtable size.\n\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"
+ "\t correspond to fields in the event's format description. Keys\n"
+ "\t can be any field. Values must correspond to numeric fields.\n"
+ "\t The 'size' parameter can be used to specify more or fewer\n"
+ "\t than the default 2048 entries for the hashtable size.\n\n"
"\t Reading the 'hist' file for the event will dump the hash\n"
"\t table in its entirety to stdout."
#endif