diff --git a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp
index 8176432c179..4cd4256096c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/perfprofiler/perfprofilertool.cpp
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ void PerfProfilerTool::onReaderFinished()
                              tr("The profiler did not produce any samples. "
                                 "Make sure that you are running a recent Linux kernel and that "
                                 "the \"perf\" utility is available and generates useful call "
-                                "graphs."));
+                                "graphs.\nYou might find further explanations in the Application "
+                                "Output view."));
         clear();
     } else {
         m_traceManager->finalize();