diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index fb0bbc04bb203e440573e7c711e8bd3063ae4b5f..9a657c18f84d501e5dd53e588b87be274425994e 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2337,7 +2337,9 @@ instance, when user @code{root} runs @command{guix pull}, this has no
 effect on the version of Guix that user @code{alice} sees, and vice
 versa@footnote{Under the hood, @command{guix pull} updates the
 @file{~/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest Guix,
-and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}.
+and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.  Currently, the
+only way to roll back an invocation of @command{guix pull} is to
+manually update this symlink to point to the previous Guix.}.
 
 The @command{guix pull} command is usually invoked with no arguments,
 but it supports the following options: