diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 944070e98a2cd9dc4903e3be02278b1a7f8f3500..63eb49082774c94dfbabe7a18db73bdc2403fb6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_UINTEGER('s', "nr_secs"	, &p0.nr_secs,		"max number of seconds to run (default: 5 secs)"),
 	OPT_UINTEGER('u', "usleep"	, &p0.sleep_usecs,	"usecs to sleep per loop iteration"),
 
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "data_reads"	, &p0.data_reads,	"access the data via writes (can be mixed with -W)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "data_reads"	, &p0.data_reads,	"access the data via reads (can be mixed with -W)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('W', "data_writes"	, &p0.data_writes,	"access the data via writes (can be mixed with -R)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('B', "data_backwards", &p0.data_backwards,	"access the data backwards as well"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('Z', "data_zero_memset", &p0.data_zero_memset,"access the data via glibc bzero only"),