.. option:: -instr (default)
- Specify that the input profile is an instrumentation-based profile.
+ Specify that the input profile is an instrumentation-based profile. When
+ using instrumentation-based profiles, the format of the generated file
+ can be generated in one of the two ways:
+
+ .. option:: -binary (default)
+
+ Emit the profile using a binary encoding in indexed profile format.
+
+ .. option:: -text
+
+ Emit the profile in text format.
.. option:: -sample
Specify that the input profile is an instrumentation-based profile.
+.. option:: -text
+
+ Instruct the profile dumper to show profile counts in the text format of the
+ instrumentation-based profile data representation. By default, the profile
+ information is dumped in a more human readable form (also in text) with
+ annotations.
+
.. option:: -sample
Specify that the input profile is a sample-based profile.