diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index 3484c9a69..5c9569cb6 100644
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ that caused the regression. This can be done via a binary
 search. E.g. if version 550 worked and 600 failed, then try
 575, etc.
 
+- If OpenOCD is crashing, you can use GDB to get a trace:
+
+gdb --args openocd ....
+(gdb) run
+(gdb) bt
+=> here a stack trace is dumped.
 
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