diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index 6126bfdd2a..7b638da7aa 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -1843,6 +1843,7 @@ static void pc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->default_cpu_type = TARGET_DEFAULT_CPU_TYPE;
     mc->nvdimm_supported = true;
     mc->smp_props.dies_supported = true;
+    mc->smp_props.modules_supported = true;
     mc->default_ram_id = "pc.ram";
     pcmc->default_smbios_ep_type = SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_AUTO;
 
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 4d19660336..8ca7f34ef0 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ ERST
 
 DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
     "-smp [[cpus=]n][,maxcpus=maxcpus][,drawers=drawers][,books=books][,sockets=sockets]\n"
-    "               [,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,cores=cores][,threads=threads]\n"
+    "               [,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,modules=modules][,cores=cores]\n"
+    "               [,threads=threads]\n"
     "                set the number of initial CPUs to 'n' [default=1]\n"
     "                maxcpus= maximum number of total CPUs, including\n"
     "                offline CPUs for hotplug, etc\n"
@@ -290,7 +291,8 @@ DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
     "                sockets= number of sockets in one book\n"
     "                dies= number of dies in one socket\n"
     "                clusters= number of clusters in one die\n"
-    "                cores= number of cores in one cluster\n"
+    "                modules= number of modules in one cluster\n"
+    "                cores= number of cores in one module\n"
     "                threads= number of threads in one core\n"
     "Note: Different machines may have different subsets of the CPU topology\n"
     "      parameters supported, so the actual meaning of the supported parameters\n"
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
     "      must be set as 1 in the purpose of correct parsing.\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
-``-smp [[cpus=]n][,maxcpus=maxcpus][,sockets=sockets][,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,cores=cores][,threads=threads]``
+``-smp [[cpus=]n][,maxcpus=maxcpus][,drawers=drawers][,books=books][,sockets=sockets][,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,modules=modules][,cores=cores][,threads=threads]``
     Simulate a SMP system with '\ ``n``\ ' CPUs initially present on
     the machine type board. On boards supporting CPU hotplug, the optional
     '\ ``maxcpus``\ ' parameter can be set to enable further CPUs to be
@@ -345,14 +347,14 @@ SRST
         -smp 8,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=2,maxcpus=8
 
     The following sub-option defines a CPU topology hierarchy (2 sockets
-    totally on the machine, 2 dies per socket, 2 cores per die, 2 threads
-    per core) for PC machines which support sockets/dies/cores/threads.
-    Some members of the option can be omitted but their values will be
-    automatically computed:
+    totally on the machine, 2 dies per socket, 2 modules per die, 2 cores per
+    module, 2 threads per core) for PC machines which support sockets/dies
+    /modules/cores/threads. Some members of the option can be omitted but
+    their values will be automatically computed:
 
     ::
 
-        -smp 16,sockets=2,dies=2,cores=2,threads=2,maxcpus=16
+        -smp 32,sockets=2,dies=2,modules=2,cores=2,threads=2,maxcpus=32
 
     The following sub-option defines a CPU topology hierarchy (2 sockets
     totally on the machine, 2 clusters per socket, 2 cores per cluster,