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diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst
index f8fe17bd08..a7e549d521 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst
@@ -262,16 +262,6 @@ Change the MTU size:
 
     # ifconfig vEth0_0 mtu 1450
 
-If DPDK is compiled with ``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL=y`` and an Intel
-NIC is used, the user can use ``ethtool`` on the KNI interface as if it
-were a normal Linux kernel interface.
-
-Displaying the NIC registers:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    # ethtool -d vEth0_0
-
 When the ``kni`` application is closed, all the KNI interfaces are deleted
 from the Linux kernel.