X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguides%2Fnics%2Ffail_safe.rst;h=b4a92f663b17d24417c26beb30572401ecf9b716;hb=288a85aef192df4bafc2a5720cfa0b94ab543b3c;hp=3ce2f8bee35237a29b2bd49241dc674a178b3a52;hpb=b340b41de0c074d6e3434af5c929484aa1cc68ab;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst
index 3ce2f8bee3..b4a92f663b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/fail_safe.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The Fail-safe PMD can be used like most other DPDK virtual devices, by passing a
 ``--vdev`` parameter to the EAL when starting the application. The device name
 must start with the *net_failsafe* prefix, followed by numbers or letters. This
 name must be unique for each device. Each fail-safe instance must have at least one
-sub-device, up to ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS-1``.
+sub-device, and at most two.
 
 A sub-device can be any DPDK device, including possibly another fail-safe device.