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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
index d6b2a4f2108b..c7f5f55634ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-lock - Analyze lock events
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'perf lock' {record|report|trace}
+'perf lock' {record|report|script|info}
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ and statistics with this 'perf lock' command.
produces the file "perf.data" which contains tracing
results of lock events.
- 'perf lock trace' shows raw lock events.
-
'perf lock report' reports statistical data.
+ 'perf lock script' shows raw lock events.
+
+ 'perf lock info' shows metadata like threads or addresses
+ of lock instances.
+
COMMON OPTIONS
--------------
@@ -47,6 +50,17 @@ REPORT OPTIONS
Sorting key. Possible values: acquired (default), contended,
wait_total, wait_max, wait_min.
+INFO OPTIONS
+------------
+
+-t::
+--threads::
+ dump thread list in perf.data
+
+-m::
+--map::
+ dump map of lock instances (address:name table)
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf[1]