diff --git a/cifs-utils.spec b/cifs-utils.spec
index 1ebf1c5..3480ae9 100644
--- a/cifs-utils.spec
+++ b/cifs-utils.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:            cifs-utils
 Version:         7.0
-Release:         2%{pre_release}%{?dist}
+Release:         3%{pre_release}%{?dist}
 Summary:         Utilities for mounting and managing CIFS mounts
 
 Group:           System Environment/Daemons
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Source0:         https://download.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils/%{name}-%{
 Patch1:          0001-Use-explicit-usr-bin-python3.patch
 Patch2:          mount.cifs.rst-add-missing-reference-for-sssd.patch
 Patch3:          mount.cifs.rst-update-section-about-xattr-acl-suppor.patch
+Patch4:          docs-update-echo_interval-description.patch
 
 %description
 The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ provide these credentials to the kernel automatically at login.
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -i
@@ -117,6 +119,10 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man8/pam_cifscreds.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 19 2026 Paulo Alcantara <paalcant@redhat.com> - 7.0-3
+- docs: update echo_interval description
+- Resolves: RHEL-80397
+
 * Thu Jun 13 2024 Paulo Alcantara <paalcant@redhat.com> - 7.0-2
 - mount.cifs.rst: add missing reference for sssd
 - mount.cifs.rst: update section about xattr/acl support
diff --git a/docs-update-echo_interval-description.patch b/docs-update-echo_interval-description.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7343130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-update-echo_interval-description.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 4d87803f386764ed0b5949ccf70fc684b744b83a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
+Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:58:29 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] docs: update echo_interval description
+
+It is '3 * echo_interval' since upstream commit f2caf901c1b7 ("cifs:
+Fix a race condition with cifs_echo_request").
+
+Reported-by: Alexandros Panagiotou <apanagio@redhat.com>
+Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@manguebit.org>
+Cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
+Cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
+Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
+---
+ mount.cifs.rst | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/mount.cifs.rst b/mount.cifs.rst
+index 9eee7d5afc06..52fe492a5d37 100644
+--- a/mount.cifs.rst
++++ b/mount.cifs.rst
+@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@ echo_interval=n
+   sets the interval at which echo requests are sent to the server on an
+   idling connection. This setting also affects the time required for a
+   connection to an unresponsive server to timeout. Here n is the echo
+-  interval in seconds. The reconnection happens at twice the value of the
+-  echo_interval set for an unresponsive server.
++  interval in seconds. The reconnection happens at three times the
++  value of the echo_interval set for an unresponsive server.
+   If this option is not given then the default value of 60 seconds is used.
+   The minimum tunable value is 1 second and maximum can go up to 600 seconds.
+ 
+-- 
+2.53.0
+