diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
index 8173cec473aa..a67af0a39ded 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ o	"kt" is the per-CPU kernel-thread state.  The digit preceding
 	The number after the final slash is the CPU that the kthread
 	is actually running on.
 
+	This field is displayed only for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST kernels.
+
 o	"ktl" is the low-order 16 bits (in hexadecimal) of the count of
 	the number of times that this CPU's per-CPU kthread has gone
 	through its loop servicing invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread() requests.
 
+	This field is displayed only for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST kernels.
+
 o	"b" is the batch limit for this CPU.  If more than this number
 	of RCU callbacks is ready to invoke, then the remainder will
 	be deferred.