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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 90202c0bbb..b0614ae335 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ Limitations
   reported via device xstats to assist applications to detect the
   time-related problems.
 
+  The timestamp upper "too-distant-future" limit
+  at the moment of invoking the Tx burst routine
+  can be estimated as ``tx_pp`` option (in nanoseconds) multiplied by 2^23.
+  Please note, for the testpmd txonly mode,
+  the limit is deduced from the expression::
+
+        (n_tx_descriptors / burst_size + 1) * inter_burst_gap
+
   There is no any packet reordering according timestamps is supposed,
   neither within packet burst, nor between packets, it is an entirely
   application responsibility to generate packets and its timestamps
@@ -1239,8 +1247,8 @@ Quick Start Guide on OFED/EN
 
         echo [num_vfs] > /sys/class/infiniband/mlx5_0/device/sriov_numvfs
 
-6. Compile DPDK and you are ready to go. See instructions on
-   :ref:`Development Kit Build System <Development_Kit_Build_System>`
+6. Install DPDK and you are ready to go.
+   See :doc:`compilation instructions <../linux_gsg/build_dpdk>`.
 
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