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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4097cd3..2eb2eaf 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3852,7 +3852,10 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
"\t used to specify more or fewer than the default 2048 entries\n"
"\t for the hashtable size.\n\n"
"\t Reading the 'hist' file for the event will dump the hash\n"
- "\t table in its entirety to stdout.\n\n"
+ "\t table in its entirety to stdout. The default format used to\n"
+ "\t display a given field can be modified by appending any of the\n"
+ "\t following modifiers to the field name, as applicable:\n\n"
+ "\t .hex display a number as a hex value\n\n"
"\t The 'pause' parameter can be used to pause an existing hist\n"
"\t trigger or to start a hist trigger but not log any events\n"
"\t until told to do so. 'continue' can be used to start or\n"