diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 178199679ed357ca92fb4715cc88df3c12f9592b..72ad54cee188d03122af40e5f8a68e5d4f5b6007 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -4190,6 +4190,11 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
         <span class="since">Since 1.0.5 (QEMU and KVM only, requires
         kernel 3.6 or newer)</span>
       </dd>
+      <dd>
+        For interfaces of type='vhostuser', the <code>name</code>
+        attribute is ignored. The backend driver used is always
+        vhost-user.
+      </dd>
 
       <dt><code>txmode</code></dt>
       <dd>