From 8d32d58e4c2e4753d5e3caf6910c40b360509001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KristofferC <kristoffer.carlsson@juliacomputing.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:24:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve docs for headless tracy usage

---
 doc/src/devdocs/external_profilers.md | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/devdocs/external_profilers.md b/doc/src/devdocs/external_profilers.md
index 956d66508fc89..d711f3fc753ee 100644
--- a/doc/src/devdocs/external_profilers.md
+++ b/doc/src/devdocs/external_profilers.md
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ run(TracyProfiler_jll.tracy())
 !!! note
     On macOS, you may want to set the `TRACY_DPI_SCALE` environment variable to `1.0` if the UI elements in the profiler appear excessively large.
 
-To run a "headless" instance that saves the trace to disk, use `TracyProfiler_jll.capture() -o mytracefile.tracy` instead.
+To run a "headless" instance that saves the trace to disk, use
+
+```julia
+run(`$(TracyProfiler_jll.capture()) -o mytracefile.tracy`)
+```
+
+instead.
 
 For information on using the Tracy UI, refer to the Tracy manual.