diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
index 7c8fbbf3f61c..150253cc3c97 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --input=<file>::
 	Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
 
+-v::
+--verbose::
+        Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
+
 --caller::
 	Show per-callsite statistics
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 1e69ea57a1cc..02b76976b288 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -663,6 +663,8 @@ int cmd_kmem(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	const char * const default_sort_order = "frag,hit,bytes";
 	const struct option kmem_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT(0, "caller", NULL, NULL,
 			   "show per-callsite statistics", parse_caller_opt),
 	OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT(0, "alloc", NULL, NULL,