diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 03fa07ad45d9..46d1afaaf4cd 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
  * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
  * of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
  *
- * Usage: nm -n vmlinux | scripts/kallsyms [--all-symbols] > symbols.S
+ * Usage: kallsyms [--all-symbols] [--absolute-percpu]
+ *                         [--base-relative] in.map > out.S
  *
  *      Table compression uses all the unused char codes on the symbols and
  *  maps these to the most used substrings (tokens). For instance, it might