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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt
index 72d1cd4f7bf3..94b6b4581763 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
    +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**)
    NAME=FETCHARG     : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
    FETCHARG:TYPE     : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
-		       (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), "string" and bitfield
-		       are supported.
+		       (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
+		       (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string" and bitfield are supported.
 
   (*) only for return probe.
   (**) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures.
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ Types
 -----
 Several types are supported for fetch-args. Uprobe tracer will access memory
 by given type. Prefix 's' and 'u' means those types are signed and unsigned
-respectively. Traced arguments are shown in decimal (signed) or hex (unsigned).
+respectively. 'x' prefix implies it is unsigned. Traced arguments are shown
+in decimal ('s' and 'u') or hexadecimal ('x'). Without type casting, 'x32'
+or 'x64' is used depends on the architecture (e.g. x86-32 uses x32, and
+x86-64 uses x64).
 String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
 user space.
 Bitfield is another special type, which takes 3 parameters, bit-width, bit-