diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 1b70be8..1cc062e 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -11016,12 +11016,23 @@ cat /proc/cpuinfo
 getconf _NPROCESSORS_CONF
 ....
 
-Or from <<user-mode-simulation>>, we can use <<sysconf>> with link:userland/linux/sysconf.c[] or <<cpp-multithreading>>'s link:userland/cpp/thread_hardware_concurrency.cpp[]:
+Or from <<user-mode-simulation>>, we can use either of:
 
+* <<sysconf>> with link:userland/linux/sysconf.c[]
++
 ....
 ./run --cpus 2 --emulator gem5 --userland userland/linux/sysconf.c | grep _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
+....
+* <<cpp-multithreading>>'s link:userland/cpp/thread_hardware_concurrency.cpp[]:
++
+....
 ./run --cpus 2 --emulator gem5 --userland userland/cpp/thread_hardware_concurrency.cpp
 ....
+* direct access to several special filesystem files that contain this information e.g. via link:userland/c/cat.c[]:
++
+....
+./run --cpus 2 --emulator gem5 --userland userland/c/cat.c --cli-args /proc/cpuinfo
+....
 
 ====== QEMU user mode multithreading