3 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index d2b59af62bc0..d561e0214f52 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -w::
 --column-widths=<width[,width...]>::
         Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
-        readability.
+        readability.  0 means no limit (default behavior).
 
 -t::
 --field-separator=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index 180ae02137a5..28fdee394880 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
         sum of shown entries will be always 100%. "absolute" means it retains
         the original value before and after the filter is applied.
 
+-w::
+--column-widths=<width[,width...]>::
+        Force each column width to the provided list, for large terminal
+        readability.  0 means no limit (default behavior).
+
+
 INTERACTIVE PROMPTING KEYS
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 377971dc89a3..bde216b2071c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1131,6 +1131,9 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
                      "Don't show entries under that percent", parse_percent_limit),
         OPT_CALLBACK(0, "percentage", NULL, "relative|absolute",
                      "How to display percentage of filtered entries", parse_filter_percentage),
+        OPT_STRING('w', "column-widths", &symbol_conf.col_width_list_str,
+                   "width[,width...]",
+                   "don't try to adjust column width, use these fixed values"),
         OPT_END()
         };
         const char * const top_usage[] = {