diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
index d2c4c27e1702..347f3b6de8d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ program using kcov:
     #include <sys/mman.h>
     #include <unistd.h>
     #include <fcntl.h>
+    #include <linux/types.h>
 
     #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE			_IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)
     #define KCOV_ENABLE			_IO('c', 100)
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ selectively from different subsystems.
 
 .. code-block:: c
 
+    /* Same includes and defines as above. */
+
     struct kcov_remote_arg {
 	__u32		trace_mode;
 	__u32		area_size;