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diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 08bc818f371b..ac781916e51e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -3449,7 +3449,9 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
if (perf_time__parse_str(script.ptime_range, script.time_str) != 0) {
if (session->evlist->first_sample_time == 0 &&
session->evlist->last_sample_time == 0) {
- pr_err("No first/last sample time in perf data\n");
+ pr_err("HINT: no first/last sample time found in perf data.\n"
+ "Please use latest perf binary to execute 'perf record'\n"
+ "(if '--buildid-all' is enabled, please set '--timestamp-boundary').\n");
err = -EINVAL;
goto out_delete;
}