diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index dea005410ec0..14621f39b375 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf list' [--no-desc] [--long-desc]
+'perf list' [<options>]
             [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|metric|metricgroup|event_glob]
 
 DESCRIPTION