diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-debugging.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-debugging.rst
index d92bf59d62c7..3176a1240fee 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-debugging.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-debugging.rst
@@ -366,3 +366,8 @@ There are 6 classes of reasons for the reboot:
 This information is read by the kernel at bootup and printed into
 the syslog. When a random reboot occurs this message can be helpful
 to determine the next component to debug.
+
+For example, if bit 19 was set, you will get a message like this in the log on
+next bootup::
+
+  x86/amd: Previous system reset reason [0x00080000]: software wrote 0x6 to reset control register 0xCF9