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diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
index d316de0f38..ee7592fd6a 100644
--- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst
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@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@ That said, compatibility measures can (and should) be removed when either:
- some measure of time (dependent on the specific case) has passed, so that
the compatibility grace period is considered expired.
+For CLI commands, the deprecation period is 1 year.
+
In all cases, compatibility pieces should be marked with compiler/preprocessor
annotations to print warnings at compile time, pointing to the appropriate
update path. A ``-Werror`` build should fail if compatibility bits are used. To
diff --git a/doc/user/bgp.rst b/doc/user/bgp.rst
index 2cea24a8bd..14f2c8dc9a 100644
--- a/doc/user/bgp.rst
+++ b/doc/user/bgp.rst
@@ -845,6 +845,14 @@ Configuring Peers
specified number of hops away will be allowed to become neighbors. This
command is mutually exclusive with *ebgp-multihop*.
+.. index:: [no] bgp fast-external-failover
+.. clicmd:: [no] bgp fast-external-failover
+
+ This command causes bgp to not take down ebgp peers immediately
+ when a link flaps. `bgp fast-external-failover` is the default
+ and will not be displayed as part of a `show run`. The no form
+ of the command turns off this ability.
+
.. _bgp-peer-filtering:
Peer Filtering