diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index fb02b53b0e3d..c8a2662eb57a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,11 @@ static void print_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (!csv_output) {
 		fprintf(output, "\n");
 		fprintf(output, " Performance counter stats for ");
-		if (!perf_target__has_task(&target)) {
+		if (target.system_wide)
+			fprintf(output, "\'system wide");
+		else if (target.cpu_list)
+			fprintf(output, "\'CPU(s) %s", target.cpu_list);
+		else if (!perf_target__has_task(&target)) {
 			fprintf(output, "\'%s", argv[0]);
 			for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 				fprintf(output, " %s", argv[i]);