diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/test_duplicates.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/test_duplicates.tc
index db522577ff787..d3a79da215c8b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/test_duplicates.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/test_duplicates.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: Generic dynamic event - check if duplicate events are caught
-# requires: dynamic_events "e[:[<group>/]<event>] <attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]":README
+# requires: dynamic_events "e[:[<group>/][<event>]] <attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]":README
 
 echo 0 > events/enable
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-eprobe.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-eprobe.tc
index 914fe2e5d0309..6461c375694f0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-eprobe.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-synthetic-eprobe.tc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: event trigger - test inter-event histogram trigger eprobe on synthetic event
-# requires: dynamic_events synthetic_events events/syscalls/sys_enter_openat/hist "e[:[<group>/]<event>] <attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]":README
+# requires: dynamic_events synthetic_events events/syscalls/sys_enter_openat/hist "e[:[<group>/][<event>]] <attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]":README
 
 echo 0 > events/enable