diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 3986a5a9..94d07fc5 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 .br
 .RB "[ " mtu
 .IR MTU " ]"
+.RB "[ " index
+.IR IDX " ]"
 .br
 .RB "[ " numtxqueues
 .IR QUEUE_COUNT " ]"
@@ -217,6 +219,10 @@ specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.
 .BI numrxqueues " QUEUE_COUNT "
 specifies the number of receive queues for new device.
 
+.TP
+.BI index " IDX "
+specifies the desired index of the new virtual device. The link creation fails, if the index is busy.
+
 .TP
 VXLAN Type Support
 For a link of type