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diff --git a/test/config.py b/test/config.py
index d2f14c82e19..578cc40fa2a 100644
--- a/test/config.py
+++ b/test/config.py
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ parser.add_argument(
)
filter_help_string = """\
-expression consists of 3 string selectors separated by '.' separators:
+expression consists of one or more filters separated by commas (',')
+filter consists of 3 string selectors separated by dots ('.')
<file>.<class>.<function>
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ examples:
test_add_bfd from test_bfd.py/BFDAPITestCase
4. '.*.test_add_bfd' selects all test functions named test_add_bfd
from all files/classes
+5. 'bfd,ip4,..test_icmp_error' selects all test functions in test_bfd.py,
+ test_ip4.py and all test functions named 'test_icmp_error' in all files
"""
parser.add_argument(
"--filter", action="store", metavar="FILTER_EXPRESSION", help=filter_help_string