diff --git a/tools/virtio/ringtest/README b/tools/virtio/ringtest/README
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@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 Partial implementation of various ring layouts, useful to tune virtio design.
 Uses shared memory heavily.
+
+Typical use:
+
+# sh run-on-all.sh perf stat -r 10 --log-fd 1 -- ./ring