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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 04e536ae4d88..cd2fb42e5dd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2469,7 +2469,9 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
" -1: Allow use of (almost) all events by all users\n"
">= 0: Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without CAP_IOC_LOCK\n"
">= 1: Disallow CPU event access by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n"
- ">= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN",
+ ">= 2: Disallow kernel profiling by users without CAP_SYS_ADMIN\n\n"
+ "To make this setting permanent, edit /etc/sysctl.conf too, e.g.:\n\n"
+ " kernel.perf_event_paranoid = -1\n" ,
target->system_wide ? "system-wide " : "",
perf_event_paranoid());
case ENOENT: