diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst
index 5dd3bff51978..51e5e5762571 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.rst
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Groups:
 
     KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
       request the initialization of the VGIC, no additional parameter in
-      kvm_device_attr.addr.
+      kvm_device_attr.addr. Must be called after all VCPUs have been created.
     KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_SAVE_PENDING_TABLES
       save all LPI pending bits into guest RAM pending tables.