diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 167f1f57aba3..1d44bc2f63d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -816,42 +816,42 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
 	};
 	const struct option ftrace_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('t', "tracer", &ftrace.tracer, "tracer",
-		   "tracer to use: function_graph(default) or function"),
+		   "Tracer to use: function_graph(default) or function"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('F', "funcs", &ftrace.list_avail_functions,
 		    "Show available functions to filter"),
 	OPT_STRING('p', "pid", &ftrace.target.pid, "pid",
-		   "trace on existing process id"),
+		   "Trace on existing process id"),
 	/* TODO: Add short option -t after -t/--tracer can be removed. */
 	OPT_STRING(0, "tid", &ftrace.target.tid, "tid",
-		   "trace on existing thread id (exclusive to --pid)"),
+		   "Trace on existing thread id (exclusive to --pid)"),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
-		 "be more verbose"),
+		 "Be more verbose"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &ftrace.target.system_wide,
-		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
+		    "System-wide collection from all CPUs"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &ftrace.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
-		    "list of cpus to monitor"),
+		    "List of cpus to monitor"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('T', "trace-funcs", &ftrace.filters, "func",
-		     "trace given functions using function tracer",
+		     "Trace given functions using function tracer",
 		     parse_filter_func),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('N', "notrace-funcs", &ftrace.notrace, "func",
-		     "do not trace given functions", parse_filter_func),
+		     "Do not trace given functions", parse_filter_func),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "func-opts", &ftrace, "options",
-		     "function tracer options, available options: call-graph,irq-info",
+		     "Function tracer options, available options: call-graph,irq-info",
 		     parse_func_tracer_opts),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('G', "graph-funcs", &ftrace.graph_funcs, "func",
-		     "trace given functions using function_graph tracer",
+		     "Trace given functions using function_graph tracer",
 		     parse_filter_func),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('g', "nograph-funcs", &ftrace.nograph_funcs, "func",
 		     "Set nograph filter on given functions", parse_filter_func),
 	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "graph-opts", &ftrace, "options",
-		     "graph tracer options, available options: nosleep-time,noirqs,verbose,thresh=<n>,depth=<n>",
+		     "Graph tracer options, available options: nosleep-time,noirqs,verbose,thresh=<n>,depth=<n>",
 		     parse_graph_tracer_opts),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "buffer-size", &ftrace.percpu_buffer_size, "size",
-		     "size of per cpu buffer", parse_buffer_size),
+		     "Size of per cpu buffer, needs to use a B, K, M or G suffix.", parse_buffer_size),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "inherit", &ftrace.inherit,
-		    "trace children processes"),
+		    "Trace children processes"),
 	OPT_UINTEGER('D', "delay", &ftrace.initial_delay,
-		     "ms to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
+		     "Number of milliseconds to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};