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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c
index 2e1cc3c11c70..51e833fd58c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -577,7 +577,9 @@ struct scripting_ops perl_scripting_ops = {
void setup_perl_scripting(void)
{
fprintf(stderr, "Perl scripting not supported."
- " Install libperl-dev[el] and rebuild perf to get it.\n");
+ " Install libperl and rebuild perf to enable it. e.g. "
+ "apt-get install libperl-dev (ubuntu), yum install "
+ "perl-ExtUtils-Embed (Fedora), etc.\n");
}
#else
void setup_perl_scripting(void)