diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 39c95c0e13d3..7e4c28dfc9ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -730,7 +730,13 @@ perf_event_paranoid
 ===================
 
 Controls use of the performance events system by unprivileged
-users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).  The default value is 2.
+users (without CAP_PERFMON).  The default value is 2.
+
+For backward compatibility reasons access to system performance
+monitoring and observability remains open for CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+privileged processes but CAP_SYS_ADMIN usage for secure system
+performance monitoring and observability operations is discouraged
+with respect to CAP_PERFMON use cases.
 
 ===  ==================================================================
  -1  Allow use of (almost) all events by all users.
@@ -739,13 +745,13 @@ users (without CAP_SYS_ADMIN).  The default value is 2.
      ``CAP_IPC_LOCK``.
 
 >=0  Disallow ftrace function tracepoint by users without
-     ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``.
+     ``CAP_PERFMON``.
 
-     Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``.
+     Disallow raw tracepoint access by users without ``CAP_PERFMON``.
 
->=1  Disallow CPU event access by users without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``.
+>=1  Disallow CPU event access by users without ``CAP_PERFMON``.
 
->=2  Disallow kernel profiling by users without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN``.
+>=2  Disallow kernel profiling by users without ``CAP_PERFMON``.
 ===  ==================================================================