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diff --git a/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt b/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
index bc16daa..3e6d586 100644
--- a/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
@@ -258,4 +258,8 @@ Prefix "opt/org.qemu/" is reserved for QEMU itself.
Use of names not beginning with "opt/" is potentially dangerous and
entirely unsupported. QEMU will warn if you try.
+Use of names not beginning with "opt/" is tolerated with 'gen_id' (that
+is, the warning is suppressed), but you must know exactly what you're
+doing.
+
All externally provided fw_cfg items are read-only to the guest.