diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 75cd8fba0cde..2d510b6a649a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -200,6 +200,19 @@ allocation of vcpu ids.  For example, if userspace wants
 single-threaded guest vcpus, it should make all vcpu ids be a multiple
 of the number of vcpus per vcore.
 
+On powerpc using book3s_hv mode, the vcpus are mapped onto virtual
+threads in one or more virtual CPU cores.  (This is because the
+hardware requires all the hardware threads in a CPU core to be in the
+same partition.)  The KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT capability indicates the number
+of vcpus per virtual core (vcore).  The vcore id is obtained by
+dividing the vcpu id by the number of vcpus per vcore.  The vcpus in a
+given vcore will always be in the same physical core as each other
+(though that might be a different physical core from time to time).
+Userspace can control the threading (SMT) mode of the guest by its
+allocation of vcpu ids.  For example, if userspace wants
+single-threaded guest vcpus, it should make all vcpu ids be a multiple
+of the number of vcpus per vcore.
+
 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl)
 
 Capability: basic