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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2bebeeddf7..004e50c86b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6302,7 +6302,12 @@ is interpreted as a partition label name; when it is @code{uuid}, @code{device} is interpreted as a partition unique identifier (UUID). UUIDs may be converted from their string representation (as shown by the -@command{tune2fs -l} command) using the @code{uuid} form, like this: +@command{tune2fs -l} command) using the @code{uuid} form@footnote{The +@code{uuid} form expects 16-byte UUIDs as defined in +@uref{https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122, RFC@tie{}4122}. This is the +form of UUID used by the ext2 family of file systems and others, but it +is different from ``UUIDs'' found in FAT file systems, for instance.}, +like this: @example (file-system |