diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt
index e3e314cb83e8..646f47470f98 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/s390_flic.txt
@@ -94,3 +94,9 @@ struct kvm_s390_io_adapter_req {
     KVM_S390_IO_ADAPTER_UNMAP
       release a userspace page for the translated address specified in addr
       from the list of mappings
+
+Note: The KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR device ioctls executed on
+FLIC with an unknown group or attribute gives the error code EINVAL (instead of
+ENXIO, as specified in the API documentation). It is not possible to conclude
+that a FLIC operation is unavailable based on the error code resulting from a
+usage attempt.