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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index 9eabca1d9355..917eeeabfa5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
unsigned int timeout;
unsigned int min_timeout;
unsigned int max_timeout;
+ unsigned int min_hw_heartbeat_ms;
unsigned int max_hw_heartbeat_ms;
struct notifier_block reboot_nb;
struct notifier_block restart_nb;
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ It contains following fields:
* max_timeout: the watchdog timer's maximum timeout value (in seconds),
as seen from userspace. If set, the maximum configurable value for
'timeout'. Not used if max_hw_heartbeat_ms is non-zero.
+* min_hw_heartbeat_ms: Minimum time between heartbeats sent to the chip,
+ in milli-seconds.
* max_hw_heartbeat_ms: Maximum hardware heartbeat, in milli-seconds.
If set, the infrastructure will send heartbeats to the watchdog driver
if 'timeout' is larger than max_hw_heartbeat_ms, unless WDOG_ACTIVE