diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 0483e28fa60d..86cfe3800e6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -570,7 +570,11 @@ out:
 }
 
 static const char * const trace_usage[] = {
-	"perf trace [<options>] <command>",
+	"perf trace [<options>]",
+	"perf trace [<options>] record <script> [<record-options>] <command>",
+	"perf trace [<options>] report <script> [script-args]",
+	"perf trace [<options>] <script> [<record-options>] <command>",
+	"perf trace [<options>] <top-script> [script-args]",
 	NULL
 };