diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index d07700e35eb2..353db1bb98ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ perf-record(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into output.perf
+perf-record - Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 This command runs a command and gathers a performance counter profile
-from it, into output.perf - without displaying anything.
+from it, into perf.data - without displaying anything.
 
 This file can then be inspected later on, using 'perf report'.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 64696a218105..49efe16c9588 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ perf-report(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-perf-report - Read output.perf (created by perf record) and display the profile
+perf-report - Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
 --input=::
-        Input file name. (default: output.perf)
+        Input file name. (default: perf.data)
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index 68abfdf71d39..431077a6fb77 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static int			nr_cpus				=  0;
 static unsigned int		page_size;
 static unsigned int		mmap_pages			= 16;
 static int			output;
-static const char		*output_name			= "output.perf";
+static const char		*output_name			= "perf.data";
 static int			group				= 0;
 static unsigned int		realtime_prio			= 0;
 static int			system_wide			= 0;
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c
index 7f1255dcd222..e2712cd06310 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-report.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #define SHOW_USER	2
 #define SHOW_HV		4
 
-static char		const *input_name = "output.perf";
+static char		const *input_name = "perf.data";
 static int		input;
 static int		show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;