diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
index d7295c0115a2..de8767ff043a 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'd':
 			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
 			if (!params->duration)
-				osnoise_top_usage(params, "Invalid -D duration\n");
+				osnoise_top_usage(params, "Invalid -d duration\n");
 			break;
 		case 'e':
 			tevent = trace_event_alloc(optarg);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 38d6965183d9..a84f43857de1 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -c/--cpus cpus: run the tracer only on the given cpus",
 		"	  -H/--house-keeping cpus: run rtla control threads only on the given cpus",
 		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
-		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
+		"	  -d/--duration time[s|m|h|d]: duration of the session",
 		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
 		"	     --dump-tasks: prints the task running on all CPUs if stop conditions are met (depends on !--no-aa)",
 		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 		case 'd':
 			params->duration = parse_seconds_duration(optarg);
 			if (!params->duration)
-				timerlat_top_usage("Invalid -D duration\n");
+				timerlat_top_usage("Invalid -d duration\n");
 			break;
 		case 'e':
 			tevent = trace_event_alloc(optarg);