diff --git a/docs/refguide.xml b/docs/refguide.xml
index 11e8b6164..97143c65b 100644
--- a/docs/refguide.xml
+++ b/docs/refguide.xml
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ Ranges need not be limited to the final octets: the specifier
addresses ending in 13.37. This sort of broad sampling can be useful
for Internet surveys and research.
+IPv6
IPv6 addresses can only be specified by their fully qualified IPv6
address or hostname. CIDR and octet ranges aren't supported for
IPv6 because they are rarely useful.