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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index 8f5cefc539cf..a8731d33d0c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ Userspace to kernel:
``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET`` get EEE settings
``ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_SET`` set EEE settings
``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSINFO_GET`` get timestamping info
+ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT`` action start cable test
===================================== ================================
Kernel to userspace:
@@ -958,13 +959,25 @@ Kernel response contents:
is no special value for this case). The bitset attributes are omitted if they
would be empty (no bit set).
+CABLE_TEST
+==========
+
+Start a cable test.
+
+Request contents:
+
+ ==================================== ====== ==========================
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_CABLE_TEST_HEADER`` nested request header
+ ==================================== ====== ==========================
+
Request translation
===================
The following table maps ioctl commands to netlink commands providing their
functionality. Entries with "n/a" in right column are commands which do not
-have their netlink replacement yet.
+have their netlink replacement yet. Entries which "n/a" in the left column
+are netlink only.
=================================== =====================================
ioctl command netlink command
@@ -1053,4 +1066,5 @@ have their netlink replacement yet.
``ETHTOOL_PHY_STUNABLE`` n/a
``ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM`` n/a
``ETHTOOL_SFECPARAM`` n/a
+ n/a ''ETHTOOL_MSG_CABLE_TEST_ACT''
=================================== =====================================