diff --git a/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst b/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst
index 6bd7ff99564f..3327c02b53f0 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ non-obvious ways.  Here are some hints and tips:
   optimizations to be randomized and applied to the program. This process will
   repeat until a bug is found or the user kills ``bugpoint``.
 
+* ``bugpoint`` can produce IR which contains long names. To simplify the names,
+  run ``opt -strip -instnamer`` over the IR.
+
 What to do when bugpoint isn't enough
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