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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d16fa8e1cdbf..7d5c63dd410a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3837,6 +3837,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
"\t [:values=<field1[,field2,...]>]\n"
"\t [:sort=<field1[,field2,...]>]\n"
"\t [:size=#entries]\n"
+ "\t [:pause][:continue]\n"
"\t [if <filter>]\n\n"
"\t When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash\n"
"\t table using the key(s) and value(s) named, and the value of a\n"
@@ -3851,7 +3852,11 @@ 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."
+ "\t table in its entirety to stdout.\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"
+ "\t restart a paused hist trigger.\n\n"
#endif
;