diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 1144ea3229a3..545d2d7420a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -783,6 +783,13 @@ is useful to define the root cause of RCU stalls using a vmcore.
 1 panic() after printing RCU stall messages.
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+max_rcu_stall_to_panic
+======================
+
+When ``panic_on_rcu_stall`` is set to 1, this value determines the
+number of times that RCU can stall before panic() is called.
+
+When ``panic_on_rcu_stall`` is set to 0, this value is has no effect.
 
 perf_cpu_time_max_percent
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