diff --git a/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/modules/qmldir.qdoc b/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/modules/qmldir.qdoc
index de3698c533ca88c52f386b1277532c0830087497..405ba3f4bf138ef409b0f8b45a7df859b3544734 100644
--- a/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/modules/qmldir.qdoc
+++ b/src/qml/doc/src/qmllanguageref/modules/qmldir.qdoc
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ cannot be used if an earlier version is imported. If the client had imported
 version 1.0 of the module, they can use the \c MyButton type but \b not the
 \c MyWindow type.
 
+A version cannot be imported if no types have been explicitly exported for that
+version. If a module provides a \c MyButton type in version 1.0 and a
+\c MyWindow type in version 1.1, you cannot import version 1.2 or version 2.0 of
+that module.
+
 A type can be defined by different files in different versions. In this case,
 the most closely matching version will be used when imported by clients.
 For example, if a module had specified the following types via its \c qmldir