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diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/ipv4.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/ipv4.rst
index be4af20e84..cd57cbd94c 100644
--- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/ipv4.rst
+++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/ipv4.rst
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ and PDR throughput (<0.5% packet loss). Performance is reported for VPP
running in multiple configurations of VPP worker thread(s), a.k.a. VPP
data plane thread(s), and their physical CPU core(s) placement.
-Results are generated by multiple executions of the same CSIT tests.
-In order to display variation in measured throughput values, Box-and-
-whisker plots are used to show their quartiles (Min, 1st quartile / 25th
-percentile, 2nd quartile / 50th percentile / mean, 3rd quartile / 75th
-percentile, Max). Outliers are plotted as individual points.
+Results are generated by multiple executions of the same CSIT
+performance tests across three physical testbeds within LF FD.io labs.
+To provide a descriptive summary view, Box-and-Whisker plots are used to
+display variation in measured throughput values, without making any
+assumptions of the underlying statistical distribution. For each plotted
+test case, Box-and-Whisker plots show the quartiles (Min, 1st quartile
+/ 25th percentile, 2nd quartile / 50th percentile / mean, 3rd quartile /
+75th percentile, Max) across collected data set (data set size stated in
+the note below). Outliers are plotted as individual points.
*Title of each graph* is a regex (regular expression) matching all
throughput test cases plotted on this graph, *X-axis labels* are indices
@@ -26,7 +30,9 @@ legend* lists the plotted test suites and their indices.
`csit-vpp-perf-1704-all
`_,
with Robot Framework result files csit-vpp-perf-1704-all-.zip
- `archived here <../../_static/archive/>`_
+ `archived here <../../_static/archive/>`_. Plotted data set size per
+ test case is equal to the number of job executions presented in this
+ report version: **5**.
NDR Throughput
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~