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diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst b/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst
index 5168c81aba..6f9bd77ab1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/pdump.rst
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ a DPDK secondary process and is capable of enabling packet capture on dpdk ports
         framework initialization code. Refer ``app/test-pmd/testpmd.c``
         code to see how this is done.
 
-      * The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool depends on libpcap based PMD which is disabled
-        by default in the build configuration files,
-        owing to an external dependency on the libpcap development files
-        which must be installed on the board.
-        Once the libpcap development files are installed, the libpcap based PMD
-        can be enabled by setting CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y and recompiling the DPDK.
+      * The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool depends on DPDK pcap PMD, so the system should
+        have libpcap development files installed and the pcap PMD not disabled
+        in the build.
+
+      * The ``dpdk-pdump`` tool runs as a DPDK secondary process. It exits when
+        the primary application exits.
 
 
 Running the Application
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ The tool has a number of command line options:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   ./build/app/dpdk-pdump --
+   ./<build_dir>/app/dpdk-pdump --
+                          [--multi]
                           --pdump '(port=<port id> | device_id=<pci id or vdev name>),
                                    (queue=<queue_id>),
                                    (rx-dev=<iface or pcap file> |
@@ -42,8 +43,10 @@ The tool has a number of command line options:
                                    [ring-size=<ring size>],
                                    [mbuf-size=<mbuf data size>],
                                    [total-num-mbufs=<number of mbufs>]'
-                          [--server-socket-path=<server socket dir>]
-                          [--client-socket-path=<client socket dir>]
+
+The ``--multi`` command line option is optional argument. If passed, capture
+will be running on unique cores for all ``--pdump`` options. If ignored,
+capture will be running on single core for all ``--pdump`` options.
 
 The ``--pdump`` command line option is mandatory and it takes various sub arguments which are described in
 below section.
@@ -56,14 +59,6 @@ below section.
 
       * Multiple instances of ``--pdump`` can be passed to capture packets on different port and queue combinations.
 
-The ``--server-socket-path`` command line option is optional. This represents the server socket directory.
-If no value is passed default values are used i.e. ``/var/run/.dpdk/`` for root users and ``~/.dpdk/``
-for non root users.
-
-The ``--client-socket-path`` command line option is optional. This represents the client socket directory.
-If no value is passed default values are used i.e. ``/var/run/.dpdk/`` for root users and ``~/.dpdk/``
-for non root users.
-
 
 The ``--pdump`` parameters
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -122,4 +117,5 @@ Example
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ sudo ./build/app/dpdk-pdump -- --pdump 'port=0,queue=*,rx-dev=/tmp/rx.pcap'
+   $ sudo ./<build_dir>/app/dpdk-pdump -l 3 -- --pdump 'port=0,queue=*,rx-dev=/tmp/rx.pcap'
+   $ sudo ./<build_dir>/app/dpdk-pdump -l 3,4,5 -- --multi --pdump 'port=0,queue=*,rx-dev=/tmp/rx-1.pcap' --pdump 'port=1,queue=*,rx-dev=/tmp/rx-2.pcap'