diff --git a/labs/debugging-system-wide-profiling/debugging-system-wide-profiling.tex b/labs/debugging-system-wide-profiling/debugging-system-wide-profiling.tex
index 8be7497873..fd42fae09e 100644
--- a/labs/debugging-system-wide-profiling/debugging-system-wide-profiling.tex
+++ b/labs/debugging-system-wide-profiling/debugging-system-wide-profiling.tex
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ \section{ftrace \& uprobes}
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+{\em Note: if during the recording you encounter an \code{Unsupported file
+version 7} error, it likely means that the trace-cmd tool on your
+workstation is older than the one on the target, and does not understand
+the default trace format used by the target. You can force trace-cmd on the
+target to use an older version of the trace data format by also providing
+\code{--file-version=6} on the recording command}
+
 Then, using kernelshark tool on the host, analyze the trace:
 
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