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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index a0b9284c0f..d83c56de11 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -444,13 +444,15 @@ Limitations
      - yellow: NULL or END.
      - RED: DROP / END.
   - The only supported meter policy actions:
-     - green: QUEUE, RSS, PORT_ID, REPRESENTED_PORT, JUMP, DROP, MARK and SET_TAG.
-     - yellow: QUEUE, RSS, PORT_ID, REPRESENTED_PORT, JUMP, DROP, MARK and SET_TAG.
+     - green: QUEUE, RSS, PORT_ID, REPRESENTED_PORT, JUMP, DROP, MARK, METER and SET_TAG.
+     - yellow: QUEUE, RSS, PORT_ID, REPRESENTED_PORT, JUMP, DROP, MARK, METER and SET_TAG.
      - RED: must be DROP.
   - Policy actions of RSS for green and yellow should have the same configuration except queues.
   - Policy with RSS/queue action is not supported when ``dv_xmeta_en`` enabled.
+  - If green action is METER, yellow action must be the same METER action or NULL.
   - meter profile packet mode is supported.
   - meter profiles of RFC2697, RFC2698 and RFC4115 are supported.
+  - RFC4115 implementation is following MEF, meaning yellow traffic may reclaim unused green bandwidth when green token bucket is full.
 
 - Integrity: