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diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
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+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/documentation.rst
@@ -282,33 +282,21 @@ The additional guidelines below reiterate or expand upon those guidelines.
 Line Length
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* The recommended style for the DPDK documentation is to put sentences on separate lines.
-  This allows for easier reviewing of patches.
-  Multiple sentences which are not separated by a blank line are joined automatically into paragraphs, for example::
+* Lines in sentences should be less than 80 characters and wrapped at
+  words. Multiple sentences which are not separated by a blank line are joined
+  automatically into paragraphs.
 
-     Here is an example sentence.
-     Long sentences over the limit shown below can be wrapped onto
-     a new line.
-     These three sentences will be joined into the same paragraph.
+* Lines in literal blocks **must** be less than 80 characters since
+  they are not wrapped by the document formatters and can exceed the page width
+  in PDF documents.
 
-     This is a new paragraph, since it is separated from the
-     previous paragraph by a blank line.
+  Long literal command lines can be shown wrapped with backslashes. For
+  example::
 
-  This would be rendered as follows:
-
-     *Here is an example sentence.
-     Long sentences over the limit shown below can be wrapped onto
-     a new line.
-     These three sentences will be joined into the same paragraph.*
-
-     *This is a new paragraph, since it is separated from the
-     previous paragraph by a blank line.*
-
-
-* Long sentences should be wrapped at 120 characters +/- 10 characters. They should be wrapped at words.
-
-* Lines in literal blocks must by less than 80 characters since they aren't wrapped by the document formatters
-  and can exceed the page width in PDF documents.
+     testpmd -l 2-3 -n 4 \
+             --vdev=virtio_user0,path=/dev/vhost-net,queues=2,queue_size=1024 \
+             -- -i --txqflags=0x0 --disable-hw-vlan --enable-lro \
+             --enable-rx-cksum --txq=2 --rxq=2 --rxd=1024  --txd=1024
 
 
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