diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 34d1e85..032324a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "guest", &perf_guest,
 		    "Collect guest os data"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "host", &perf_host,
-		    "Collect guest os data"),
+		    "Collect host os data"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "guestmount", &symbol_conf.guestmount, "directory",
 		   "guest mount directory under which every guest os"
 		   " instance has a subdir"),