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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index e7aeb779fd..83299646dd 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Features
   flow group.
 - Flow metering, including meter policy API.
 - Flow integrity offload API.
+- Connection tracking.
+- Sub-Function representors.
 
 Limitations
 -----------
@@ -433,6 +435,13 @@ Limitations
       or
       flow create 0 ingress pattern integrity level is 0 value mask l4_ok value spec 0 / eth / ipv4 proto is udp / end …
 
+- Connection tracking:
+
+  - Cannot co-exist with ASO meter, ASO age action in a single flow rule.
+  - Flow rules insertion rate and memory consumption need more optimization.
+  - 256 ports maximum.
+  - 4M connections maximum.
+
 Statistics
 ----------
 
@@ -1429,9 +1438,10 @@ the DPDK application.
 
         echo switchdev > /sys/class/net/<net device>/compat/devlink/mode
 
-SubFunction representor support
--------------------------------
-SubFunction is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own
+Sub-Function representor
+------------------------
+
+Sub-Function is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own
 dedicated queues(txq, rxq). A SF netdev supports E-Switch representation
 offload similar to existing PF and VF representors. A SF shares PCI
 level resources with other SFs and/or with its parent PCI function.
@@ -1486,7 +1496,7 @@ Performance tuning
    for better performance. For VMs, verify that the right CPU
    and NUMA node are pinned according to the above. Run::
 
-        lstopo-no-graphics
+        lstopo-no-graphics --merge
 
    to identify the NUMA node to which the PCIe adapter is connected.
 
@@ -1695,6 +1705,11 @@ Supported hardware offloads
    |                       | | rdma-core 35  | | rdma-core 35  |
    |                       | | ConnectX-5    | | ConnectX-5    |
    +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
+   | Connection tracking   | |               | | DPDK 21.05    |
+   |                       | |     N/A       | | OFED 5.3      |
+   |                       | |               | | rdma-core 35  |
+   |                       | |               | | ConnectX-6 Dx |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 
 .. table:: Minimal SW/HW versions for shared action offload
    :name: sact