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diff --git a/Documentation/lockstat.txt b/Documentation/lockstat.txt
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--- a/Documentation/lockstat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/lockstat.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,20 @@ applicable).
 It also tracks 4 contention points per class. A contention point is a call site
 that had to wait on lock acquisition.
 
+ - CONFIGURATION
+
+Lock statistics are enabled via CONFIG_LOCK_STATS.
+
  - USAGE
 
+Enable collection of statistics:
+
+# echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
+
+Disable collection of statistics:
+
+# echo 0 >/proc/sys/kernel/lock_stat
+
 Look at the current lock statistics:
 
 ( line numbers not part of actual output, done for clarity in the explanation