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diff --git a/scripts/simpletrace.py b/scripts/simpletrace.py
index b221d9a241..5c230a1b74 100755
--- a/scripts/simpletrace.py
+++ b/scripts/simpletrace.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ from tracetool.backend.simple import is_string
 
 __all__ = ['Analyzer', 'process', 'run']
 
+# This is the binary format that the QEMU "simple" trace backend
+# emits. There is no specification documentation because the format is
+# not guaranteed to be stable. Trace files must be parsed with the
+# same trace-events-all file and the same simpletrace.py file that
+# QEMU was built with.
 header_event_id = 0xffffffffffffffff
 header_magic    = 0xf2b177cb0aa429b4
 dropped_event_id = 0xfffffffffffffffe