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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
index dfb218feaad9..593ef49b273c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ struct perf_file_section {
Flags section:
-The header is followed by different optional headers, described by the bits set
-in flags. Only headers for which the bit is set are included. Each header
-consists of a perf_file_section located after the initial header.
-The respective perf_file_section points to the data of the additional
-header and defines its size.
+For each of the optional features a perf_file_section it placed after the data
+section if the feature bit is set in the perf_header flags bitset. The
+respective perf_file_section points to the data of the additional header and
+defines its size.
Some headers consist of strings, which are defined like this:
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ An uint64_t with the total memory in bytes.
HEADER_CMDLINE = 11,
-A perf_header_string with the perf command line used to collect the data.
+A perf_header_string_list with the perf arg-vector used to collect the data.
HEADER_EVENT_DESC = 12,