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diff --git a/man/kernel-install.xml b/man/kernel-install.xml
index 273270f550..3de95f7088 100644
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+++ b/man/kernel-install.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@
<filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>The content of the file specifies the machine identification <replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>.</para>
+ <para>The content of this file specifies the machine identification
+ <replaceable>MACHINE-ID</replaceable>. If it cannot read <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename>,
+ kernel-install will use "Linux" as the machine ID instead.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>