diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index e5db609449..13f86f9f44 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ function usage_build()
     echo "   --enable_gcov         generate gcov code coverage report, default no"
     echo "   -v|--verbose          build in verbose mode, default no"
     echo "   --notest              build without building unit tests, default no"
-    echo "   --disable_gperf       build without gperftools, default no"
+    echo "   --disable_gperf       build without gperftools, this flag is mainly used"
+    echo "                         to enable valgrind memcheck, default no"
     if [ "$ONLY_BUILD" == "NO" ]; then
         echo "   -m|--test_module      specify modules to test, split by ',',"
         echo "                         e.g., \"dsn.core.tests,dsn.tests\","