diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/psrp-reconnection.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/psrp-reconnection.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf158784aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/psrp-reconnection.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- psrp - Added the ``ansible_psrp_reconnection_backoff`` variable to control the reconnection backoff setting - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58714
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/psrp.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/psrp.py
index f521e6db076..639c268e8e9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/psrp.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/psrp.py
@@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ options:
     - The backoff time to use in between reconnection attempts.
       (First sleeps X, then sleeps 2*X, then sleeps 4*X, ...)
     - This is measured in seconds.
+    - The C(ansible_psrp_reconnection_backoff) variable was added in Ansible
+      2.9.
     vars:
     - name: ansible_psrp_connection_backoff
+    - name: ansible_psrp_reconnection_backoff
     default: 2
     version_added: '2.8'
   message_encryption: