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diff --git a/doc/manpages/bfd-options.rst b/doc/manpages/bfd-options.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+BFD SOCKET
+----------
+
+The following option controls the BFD daemon control socket location.
+
+.. option:: --bfdctl bfd-control-socket
+
+   Opens the BFD daemon control socket located at the pointed location.
+
+   (default: |INSTALL_PREFIX_STATE|/bfdd.sock)
diff --git a/doc/manpages/bfdd.rst b/doc/manpages/bfdd.rst
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+****
+BFDD
+****
+
+.. include:: defines.rst
+.. |DAEMON| replace:: bfdd
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+|DAEMON| |synopsis-options-hv|
+
+|DAEMON| |synopsis-options|
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+|DAEMON| is a communication failure detection component that works with
+the FRRouting routing engine.
+
+OPTIONS
+=======
+OPTIONS available for the |DAEMON| command:
+
+.. include:: common-options.rst
+.. include:: bfd-options.rst
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+|INSTALL_PREFIX_SBIN|/|DAEMON|
+   The default location of the |DAEMON| binary.
+
+|INSTALL_PREFIX_ETC|/|DAEMON|.conf
+   The default location of the |DAEMON| config file.
+
+$(PWD)/|DAEMON|.log
+   If the |DAEMON| process is configured to output logs to a file, then you
+   will find this file in the directory where you started |DAEMON|.
+
+.. include:: epilogue.rst
+
diff --git a/doc/manpages/common-options.rst b/doc/manpages/common-options.rst
index 1b2eb18dea..1e99010505 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/common-options.rst
+++ b/doc/manpages/common-options.rst
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ These following options control the daemon's VTY (interactive command line) inte
       eigrpd          2613
       pbrd            2615
       staticd         2616
+      bfdd            2617
 
    Port 2607 is used for ospfd's Opaque LSA API, while port 2600 is used for the (insecure) TCP-ZEBRA interface.
 
diff --git a/doc/manpages/conf.py b/doc/manpages/conf.py
index 4d5797f613..e540d236ea 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/conf.py
+++ b/doc/manpages/conf.py
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ man_pages = [
     ('watchfrr', 'watchfrr', 'a program to monitor the status of FRRouting daemons', [], 8),
     ('vtysh', 'vtysh', 'an integrated shell for FRRouting.', [], 1),
     ('frr', 'frr', 'a systemd interaction script', [], 1),
+    ('bfdd', 'bfdd', fwfrr.format("a bfd"), [], 8),
 ]
 
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