> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt 
> b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> index 5a626ef666c2..3b156fa03c99 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> @@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ OPTIONS
>                        FP mode, "dwarf" for DWARF mode, "lbr" for LBR mode and
>                        "no" for disable callgraph.
>         - 'stack-size': user stack size for dwarf mode
> +       - 'skid_ip' : boolean, captures the unmodified interrupt instruction 
> pointer
> +                     (IP) in each sample. Usually with event-based sampling, 
> the IP
> +                     has skid and rarely point to the instruction which 
> caused the
> +                     event to overflow. On some architectures, the hardware 
> can eliminate
> +                     the skid and perf_events returns it as the IP with 
> precise sampling is
> +                     enabled. But for certain measurements, it may be useful 
> to have both
> +                     the correct and skid ip. This option enable capturing 
> the skid ip in
> +                     additional to the corrected ip. Default is: false

Actually in the scanner you use 'skid-ip' (with minus). Documentation should at 
least match
the scanner.

_ is usually safer than - 

-Andi

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