diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
index 96a9a1dea727..52276a6d2b75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestmount=<path>
 	[--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> | --guestvmlinux=<path>]]
-	{top|record|report|diff|buildid-list}
+	{top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} [<options>]
 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path>
-	| --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat}
+	| --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} [<options>]
 'perf kvm stat [record|report|live] [<options>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest os.
 --guestvmlinux=<path>::
 	Guest os kernel vmlinux.
+-v::
+--verbose::
+	Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
 
 STAT REPORT OPTIONS
 -------------------
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index f8bf5f244d77..d9cc0e3f284f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1690,6 +1690,8 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			   "file", "file saving guest os /proc/kallsyms"),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "guestmodules", &symbol_conf.default_guest_modules,
 			   "file", "file saving guest os /proc/modules"),
+		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+			    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};