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diff --git a/man/os-release.xml b/man/os-release.xml
index 8ffb5de48d..8cceae1030 100644
--- a/man/os-release.xml
+++ b/man/os-release.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
<para>As this file only encodes names and identifiers
it should not be localized.</para>
+ <para>The file <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> might
+ be a symlink to another file, but it is important that
+ the file is available from earliest boot on, and hence
+ must be located on the root file system.</para>
+
<para>For a longer rationale for
<filename>/etc/os-release</filename> please refer to
the <ulink