diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index aec3f31ed027..4218c174460b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4474,7 +4474,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t        snapshot()                           - snapshot the trace buffer\n\n"
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYNTH_EVENTS
-	"  events/synthetic_events\t- Create/append/remove/show synthetic events\n"
+	"  synthetic_events\t- Create/append/remove/show synthetic events\n"
 	"\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new synthetic events.\n"
 	"\t     example: echo 'myevent u64 lat; char name[]; long[] stack' >> synthetic_events\n"
 #endif