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diff --git a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
index ffe1c062088b..a83139692cdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86_64/boot-options.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ SMP
 
   cpumask=MASK   only use cpus with bits set in mask
 
+  additional_cpus=NUM Allow NUM more CPUs for hotplug
+                 (defaults are specified by the BIOS or half the available CPUs)
+
 NUMA
 
   numa=off      Only set up a single NUMA node spanning all memory.