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diff --git a/doc/source/user/flavors.rst b/doc/source/user/flavors.rst
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@@ -625,9 +625,11 @@ CPU real-time policy
- ``yes``: The guest vCPUs will have a real-time policy
CPU-REALTIME-MASK (coremask):
- A coremask indicating which vCPUs **will not** have a real-time policy. This
- should start with a ``^``. For example, a value of ``^0-1`` indicates that
- all vCPUs *except* vCPUs ``0`` and ``1`` will have a real-time policy.
+ A coremask indicating which vCPUs **will** or, if starting with a ``^``,
+ **will not** have a real-time policy. For example, a value of ``0-5``
+ indicates that vCPUs ``0`` to ``5`` will have a real-time policy.
+ Conversely, a value of ``^0-1`` indicates that all vCPUs *except* vCPUs
+ ``0`` and ``1`` will have a real-time policy.
.. note::
@@ -641,6 +643,12 @@ CPU real-time policy
to omit this when an emulator thread policy is configured using the
``hw:emulator_threads_policy`` extra spec.
+ .. versionchanged:: 22.0.0 (Victoria)
+
+ Previously, the leading carat was necessary and omitting it would be
+ equivalent to not setting the mask, resulting in a failure to spawn
+ the instance.
+
.. _extra-specs-emulator-threads-policy:
Emulator threads policy