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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index f3067a4af294..8e4a3f093135 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ OPTIONS
--force::
Don't do ownership validation.
---symfs=<directory>::
- Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
+--symfs=<directory[,layout]>::
+ Look for files with symbols relative to this directory. The optional
+ layout can be 'hierarchy' (default, matches full path) or 'flat'
+ (only matches base name). This is useful when debug files are stored
+ in a flat directory structure.
-b::
--baseline-only::
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ If specified the 'Weighted diff' column is displayed with value 'd' computed as:
- period being the hist entry period value
- - WEIGHT-A/WEIGHT-B being user supplied weights in the the '-c' option
+ - WEIGHT-A/WEIGHT-B being user supplied weights in the '-c' option
behind ':' separator like '-c wdiff:1,2'.
- WEIGHT-A being the weight of the data file
- WEIGHT-B being the weight of the baseline data file