diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 04412b4770a22..7af26acf06d9d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_CALLBACK('x', "exec", NULL, "executable|path",
 			"target executable name or path", opt_set_target),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "demangle", &symbol_conf.demangle,
-		    "Disable symbol demangling"),
+		    "Enable symbol demangling"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "demangle-kernel", &symbol_conf.demangle_kernel,
 		    "Enable kernel symbol demangling"),
 	OPT_END()