The documentation could confuse people to expect that CPU models with usable='no' attribute are not usable at all on the current host. But they cannot be only used without explicitly disabling some features. Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/formatdomaincaps.html.in | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomaincaps.html.in b/docs/formatdomaincaps.html.in index 66e758501b..4056e0bd31 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomaincaps.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomaincaps.html.in @@ -249,9 +249,11 @@ The <code>mode</code> element contains a list of supported CPU models, each described by a dedicated <code>model</code> element. The <code>usable</code> attribute specifies whether the model can - be used on the host. A special value <code>unknown</code> indicates - libvirt does not have enough information to provide the usability - data. + be used directly on the host. When usable='no' the corresponding model + cannot be used without disabling some features that the CPU of such + model is expected to have. A special value <code>unknown</code> + indicates libvirt does not have enough information to provide the + usability data. </dd> </dl> -- 2.26.0