'pmd-perf-show' gives some extra information and has nicer
formatting than 'pmd-stats-show'.

Let the user know they can use that as well to get PMD stats.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst 
b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst
index 16b8b7b03..5beb2ea97 100644
--- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst
+++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/pmd.rst
@@ -60,8 +60,17 @@ To show current stats::
     $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show
 
+or::
+
+    $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-perf-show
+
 To clear previous stats::
 
     $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear
 
+.. note::
+
+    PMD stats are cumulative so they should be cleared in order to see how the
+    PMDs are being used with current traffic.
+
 Port/Rx Queue Assignment to PMD Threads
 ---------------------------------------
-- 
2.31.1

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