Abstract. -We present a theoretical framework to understand a modified fluctuation-dissipation theorem valid for systems close to non-equilibrium steady-states and obeying markovian dynamics. We discuss the interpretation of this result in terms of trajectory entropy excess. The framework is illustrated on a simple pedagogical example of a molecular motor. We also derive in this context generalized Green-Kubo relations similar to the ones obtained recently in U. Seifert, Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 138101 (2010) for more general networks of biomolecular states.Introduction. -The application of linear response theory to systems in thermodynamic equilibrium leads to the fluctuation-dissipation theorem (FDT) [1], which states that the response of an equilibrium system to small external perturbations is determined by correlations at equilibrium. Suppose that a system at thermal equilibrium and governed by the time-independent Hamiltonian H 0 is subject to a time-dependent perturbation −λ(t)O from time t ′ on. Then the mean-value of a dynamic observable A(t) at time t > t ′ over all path trajectories, A(t) path , satisfies at first order in λ: