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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
index 53bc024954..2e9ec799e8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ bandwidth setting.
 TC TX scheduling mode setting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-There're 2 TX scheduling modes for TCs, round robin and strict priority mode.
+There are 2 TX scheduling modes for TCs, round robin and strict priority mode.
 If a TC is set to strict priority mode, it can consume unlimited bandwidth.
 It means if APP has set the max bandwidth for that TC, it comes to no
 effect.
@@ -704,3 +704,9 @@ See :numref:`figure_intel_perf_test_setup` for the performance test setup.
    * Start creating a stream on packet generator.
 
    * Set the Ethernet II type to 0x0800.
+
+Tx bytes affected by the link status change
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For firmware versions prior to 6.01 for X710 series and 3.33 for X722 series, the tx_bytes statistics data is affected by
+the link down event. Each time the link status changes to down, the tx_bytes decreases 110 bytes.