1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

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)