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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index af8282782911..c59fd52e9e91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OPTIONS
Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff,
srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags, bpf-output, brstackinsn,
- brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode.
+ brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode, ipc.
Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -F trace:time,cpu,trace
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ OPTIONS
The synth field is used by synthesized events which may be created when
Instruction Trace decoding.
+ The ipc (instructions per cycle) field is synthesized and may have a value when
+ Instruction Trace decoding.
+
Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types.
i.e., -F "" is not allowed.