diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md
index 7be8debce5..b3bd7aa1d0 100644
--- a/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md
+++ b/docs/sources/installation/rhel.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, requirements, linux, rhel
 Docker is supported on the following versions of RHEL:
 
 - [*Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)*](#red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-installation)
-- [*Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (64-bit)*](#red-hat-enterprise-linux-6.5-installation) or later
+- [*Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (64-bit)*](#red-hat-enterprise-linux-66-installation) or later
 
 ## Kernel support
 
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ Portal](https://access.redhat.com/).
 
 Please continue with the [Starting the Docker daemon](#starting-the-docker-daemon).
 
-## Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 installation
+## Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 installation
 
 You will need **64 bit** [RHEL
-6.5](https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/3078#RHEL6) or later, with
-a RHEL 6 kernel version 2.6.32-431 or higher as this has specific kernel
-fixes to allow Docker to work.
+6.6](https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/3078#RHEL6) or later, with
+a RHEL 6 kernel version 2.6.32-504.16.2 or higher as this has specific kernel
+fixes to allow Docker to work. Related issues: [#9856](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/9856).
 
-Docker is available for **RHEL6.5** on EPEL. Please note that
+Docker is available for **RHEL6.6** on EPEL. Please note that
 this package is part of [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
 (EPEL)](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL), a community effort to
 create and maintain additional packages for the RHEL distribution.