diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst
index c36f6760087d..205ea21c9cca 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ Putting it together into a copy-pastable sequence of commands:
 .. code-block:: bash
 
 	# Append coverage options to the current config
-	$ echo -e "CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y\nCONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y\nCONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT=y\nCONFIG_GCOV=y" >> .kunit/.kunitconfig
-	$ ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run
+	$ ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=.kunit/ --kunitconfig=tools/testing/kunit/configs/coverage_uml.config
 	# Extract the coverage information from the build dir (.kunit/)
 	$ lcov -t "my_kunit_tests" -o coverage.info -c -d .kunit/
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/configs/coverage_uml.config b/tools/testing/kunit/configs/coverage_uml.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bacb77664fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/configs/coverage_uml.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This config fragment enables coverage on UML, which is different from the
+# normal gcov used in other arches (no debugfs).
+# Example usage:
+# ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run \
+#   --kunitconfig=tools/testing/kunit/configs/all_tests_uml.config \
+#   --kunitconfig=tools/testing/kunit/configs/coverage_uml.config
+
+CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT=y
+CONFIG_GCOV=y