diff --git a/app/test-pmd/config.c b/app/test-pmd/config.c
index 035d336ab5..5381207cc2 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/config.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/config.c
@@ -234,11 +234,26 @@ nic_stats_display(portid_t port_id)
 void
 nic_stats_clear(portid_t port_id)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (port_id_is_invalid(port_id, ENABLED_WARN)) {
 		print_valid_ports();
 		return;
 	}
-	rte_eth_stats_reset(port_id);
+
+	ret = rte_eth_stats_reset(port_id);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printf("%s: Error: failed to reset stats (port %u): %s",
+		       __func__, port_id, strerror(ret));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ret = rte_eth_stats_get(port_id, &ports[port_id].stats);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printf("%s: Error: failed to get stats (port %u): %s",
+		       __func__, port_id, strerror(ret));
+		return;
+	}
 	printf("\n  NIC statistics for port %d cleared\n", port_id);
 }
 
@@ -314,10 +329,19 @@ nic_xstats_clear(portid_t port_id)
 		print_valid_ports();
 		return;
 	}
+
 	ret = rte_eth_xstats_reset(port_id);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		printf("%s: Error: failed to reset xstats (port %u): %s",
 		       __func__, port_id, strerror(ret));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ret = rte_eth_stats_get(port_id, &ports[port_id].stats);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printf("%s: Error: failed to get stats (port %u): %s",
+		       __func__, port_id, strerror(ret));
+		return;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index 19260cc2d9..581cd45ebb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Display the RSS hash functions and RSS hash key of a port::
 clear port
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Clear the port statistics for a given port or for all ports::
+Clear the port statistics and forward engine statistics for a given port or for all ports::
 
    testpmd> clear port (info|stats|xstats|fdir|stat_qmap) (port_id|all)