1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index ae7f5917935c..9bf0f402ca73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -943,7 +943,8 @@ void print_events(void)
 
         printf("\n");
         printf("  %-42s [%s]\n",
-                "rNNN (NNN=<UMASK VALUE><EVENT NUM>)", event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_RAW]);
+                "rNNN (see 'perf list --help' on how to encode it)",
+               event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_RAW]);
         printf("\n");
 
         printf("  %-42s [%s]\n",