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diff --git a/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst b/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst
index 9fc7ebf0abf..29d8215a0c0 100644
--- a/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/cmd/bootmeth.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ scanning bootdevs, each bootmeth is tried in turn to see if it can find a valid
bootflow. You can use this command to adjust the order or even to omit some
boomeths.
-The argument is a quoted list of bootmeths to use, by name.
+The argument is a quoted list of bootmeths to use, by name. If global bootmeths
+are included, they must be at the end, otherwise the scanning mechanism will not
+work correctly.
bootmeth list
@@ -47,14 +49,15 @@ Order Seq Name Description
1 1 efi EFI boot from an .efi file
2 2 pxe PXE boot from a network device
3 3 sandbox Sandbox boot for testing
- 4 4 efi_mgr EFI bootmgr flow
+ glob 4 efi_mgr EFI bootmgr flow
===== === ================== =================================
The fields are as follows:
Order:
The order in which these bootmeths are invoked for each bootdev. If this
- shows as a hyphen, then the bootmeth is not in the current ordering.
+ shows as a hyphen, then the bootmeth is not in the current ordering. If it
+ shows as 'glob', then this is a global bootmeth and should be at the end.
Seq:
The sequence number of the bootmeth, i.e. the normal ordering if none is set