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diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
index be714adf22..d7ea8520e5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Compilation of the DPDK
     * If the packaged version is below the minimum version, the latest versions
       can be installed from Python's "pip" repository: ``pip3 install meson ninja``
 
+*   ``pyelftools`` (version 0.22+)
+
+    * For Fedora systems it can be installed using ``dnf install python-pyelftools``
+
+    * For RHEL/CentOS systems it can be installed using ``pip3 install pyelftools``
+
+    * For Ubuntu/Debian it can be installed using ``apt install python3-pyelftools``
+
 *   Library for handling NUMA (Non Uniform Memory Access).
 
     * ``numactl-devel`` in RHEL/Fedora;
@@ -175,6 +183,8 @@ using a ``nr_hugepages`` file in the ``/sys/devices/`` directory::
     echo 1024 > /sys/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
     echo 1024 > /sys/devices/system/node/node1/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
 
+The tool ``dpdk-hugepages.py`` can be used to manage hugepages.
+
 .. note::
 
     Some kernel versions may not allow reserving 1 GB hugepages at run time,