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diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
index a6258bc8ec4f..f55a2daed59b 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-map.rst
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
*OPTIONS* := { { **-j** | **--json** } [{ **-p** | **--pretty** }] | { **-f** | **--bpffs** } }
*COMMANDS* :=
- { **show** | **list** | **dump** | **update** | **lookup** | **getnext** | **delete**
- | **pin** | **help** }
+ { **show** | **list** | **create** | **dump** | **update** | **lookup** | **getnext**
+ | **delete** | **pin** | **help** }
MAP COMMANDS
=============
| **bpftool** **map { show | list }** [*MAP*]
+| **bpftool** **map create** *FILE* **type** *TYPE* **key** *KEY_SIZE* **value** *VALUE_SIZE* \
+| **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**dev** *NAME*]
| **bpftool** **map dump** *MAP*
| **bpftool** **map update** *MAP* **key** *DATA* **value** *VALUE* [*UPDATE_FLAGS*]
| **bpftool** **map lookup** *MAP* **key** *DATA*
@@ -36,6 +38,11 @@ MAP COMMANDS
| *PROG* := { **id** *PROG_ID* | **pinned** *FILE* | **tag** *PROG_TAG* }
| *VALUE* := { *DATA* | *MAP* | *PROG* }
| *UPDATE_FLAGS* := { **any** | **exist** | **noexist** }
+| *TYPE* := { **hash** | **array** | **prog_array** | **perf_event_array** | **percpu_hash**
+| | **percpu_array** | **stack_trace** | **cgroup_array** | **lru_hash**
+| | **lru_percpu_hash** | **lpm_trie** | **array_of_maps** | **hash_of_maps**
+| | **devmap** | **sockmap** | **cpumap** | **xskmap** | **sockhash**
+| | **cgroup_storage** | **reuseport_sockarray** | **percpu_cgroup_storage** }
DESCRIPTION
===========
@@ -47,6 +54,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
Output will start with map ID followed by map type and
zero or more named attributes (depending on kernel version).
+ **bpftool map create** *FILE* **type** *TYPE* **key** *KEY_SIZE* **value** *VALUE_SIZE* **entries** *MAX_ENTRIES* **name** *NAME* [**flags** *FLAGS*] [**dev** *NAME*]
+ Create a new map with given parameters and pin it to *bpffs*
+ as *FILE*.
+
**bpftool map dump** *MAP*
Dump all entries in a given *MAP*.
@@ -75,7 +86,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
**bpftool map pin** *MAP* *FILE*
Pin map *MAP* as *FILE*.
- Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount.
+ Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not
+ contain a dot character ('.'), which is reserved for future
+ extensions of *bpffs*.
**bpftool** **map event_pipe** *MAP* [**cpu** *N* **index** *M*]
Read events from a BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY map.