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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst
index 4fbaa1a2d674..53d9d5829d69 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst
@@ -299,6 +299,18 @@ Use ethtool to view and set link-down-on-close, as follows::
ethtool --show-priv-flags ethX
ethtool --set-priv-flags ethX link-down-on-close [on|off]
+Setting the mdd-auto-reset-vf Private Flag
+------------------------------------------
+
+When the mdd-auto-reset-vf private flag is set to "on", the problematic VF will
+be automatically reset if a malformed descriptor is detected. If the flag is
+set to "off", the problematic VF will be disabled.
+
+Use ethtool to view and set mdd-auto-reset-vf, as follows::
+
+ ethtool --show-priv-flags ethX
+ ethtool --set-priv-flags ethX mdd-auto-reset-vf [on|off]
+
Viewing Link Messages
---------------------
Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is