diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index 7b8171e3128a8715a62a10e020c69ea3ca1c5321..5ff3a4f9173eabce71e548b618ece54d598505a6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -34,18 +34,6 @@
  * per-CPU threads 1 by triggering userfaults inside
  * pthread_mutex_lock will also verify the atomicity of the memory
  * transfer (UFFDIO_COPY).
- *
- * The program takes two parameters: the amounts of physical memory in
- * megabytes (MiB) of the area and the number of bounces to execute.
- *
- * # 100MiB 99999 bounces
- * ./userfaultfd 100 99999
- *
- * # 1GiB 99 bounces
- * ./userfaultfd 1000 99
- *
- * # 10MiB-~6GiB 999 bounces, continue forever unless an error triggers
- * while ./userfaultfd $[RANDOM % 6000 + 10] 999; do true; done
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -115,6 +103,30 @@ pthread_attr_t attr;
 				 ~(unsigned long)(sizeof(unsigned long long) \
 						  -  1)))
 
+const char *examples =
+    "# Run anonymous memory test on 100MiB region with 99999 bounces:\n"
+    "./userfaultfd anon 100 99999\n\n"
+    "# Run share memory test on 1GiB region with 99 bounces:\n"
+    "./userfaultfd shmem 1000 99\n\n"
+    "# Run hugetlb memory test on 256MiB region with 50 bounces (using /dev/hugepages/hugefile):\n"
+    "./userfaultfd hugetlb 256 50 /dev/hugepages/hugefile\n\n"
+    "# Run the same hugetlb test but using shmem:\n"
+    "./userfaultfd hugetlb_shared 256 50 /dev/hugepages/hugefile\n\n"
+    "# 10MiB-~6GiB 999 bounces anonymous test, "
+    "continue forever unless an error triggers\n"
+    "while ./userfaultfd anon $[RANDOM % 6000 + 10] 999; do true; done\n\n";
+
+static void usage(void)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "\nUsage: ./userfaultfd <test type> <MiB> <bounces> "
+		"[hugetlbfs_file]\n\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Supported <test type>: anon, hugetlb, "
+		"hugetlb_shared, shmem\n\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Examples:\n\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, examples);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
 static int anon_release_pages(char *rel_area)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1272,8 +1284,7 @@ static void sigalrm(int sig)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	if (argc < 4)
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: <test type> <MiB> <bounces> [hugetlbfs_file]\n"),
-				exit(1);
+		usage();
 
 	if (signal(SIGALRM, sigalrm) == SIG_ERR)
 		fprintf(stderr, "failed to arm SIGALRM"), exit(1);
@@ -1286,20 +1297,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		nr_cpus;
 	if (!nr_pages_per_cpu) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "invalid MiB\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: <MiB> <bounces>\n"), exit(1);
+		usage();
 	}
 
 	bounces = atoi(argv[3]);
 	if (bounces <= 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "invalid bounces\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: <MiB> <bounces>\n"), exit(1);
+		usage();
 	}
 	nr_pages = nr_pages_per_cpu * nr_cpus;
 
 	if (test_type == TEST_HUGETLB) {
 		if (argc < 5)
-			fprintf(stderr, "Usage: hugetlb <MiB> <bounces> <hugetlbfs_file>\n"),
-				exit(1);
+			usage();
 		huge_fd = open(argv[4], O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0755);
 		if (huge_fd < 0) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Open of %s failed", argv[3]);