diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 54f21a5c262b02ef6cb4718f72b8357693197cf3..c7c441e7930e9e5c320268b291f344e51291d33c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1659,6 +1659,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			See also Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
 	pci=option[,option...]	[PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
+		earlydump	[X86] dump PCI config space before the kernel
+			        changes anything
 		off		[X86] don't probe for the PCI bus
 		bios		[X86-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
 				the hardware directly. Use this if your machine