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diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
index 3c355f6ad834..2bbe207354ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpufreq-stats.txt
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ cpufreq stats provides following statistics (explained in detail below).
- total_trans
- trans_table
-All the statistics will be from the time the stats driver has been inserted
-to the time when a read of a particular statistic is done. Obviously, stats
-driver will not have any information about the frequency transitions before
-the stats driver insertion.
+All the statistics will be from the time the stats driver has been inserted
+(or the time the stats were reset) to the time when a read of a particular
+statistic is done. Obviously, stats driver will not have any information
+about the frequency transitions before the stats driver insertion.
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<mysystem>:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats # ls -l
@@ -110,25 +110,13 @@ Config Main Menu
CPU Frequency scaling --->
[*] CPU Frequency scaling
[*] CPU frequency translation statistics
- [*] CPU frequency translation statistics details
"CPU Frequency scaling" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) should be enabled to configure
cpufreq-stats.
"CPU frequency translation statistics" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT) provides the
-basic statistics which includes time_in_state and total_trans.
+statistics which includes time_in_state, total_trans and trans_table.
-"CPU frequency translation statistics details" (CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS)
-provides fine grained cpufreq stats by trans_table. The reason for having a
-separate config option for trans_table is:
-- trans_table goes against the traditional /sysfs rule of one value per
- interface. It provides a whole bunch of value in a 2 dimensional matrix
- form.
-
-Once these two options are enabled and your CPU supports cpufrequency, you
+Once this option is enabled and your CPU supports cpufrequency, you
will be able to see the CPU frequency statistics in /sysfs.
-
-
-
-