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diff --git a/doc/man/pkgctl-release.1.asciidoc b/doc/man/pkgctl-release.1.asciidoc
index c991db4..01a0c9e 100644
--- a/doc/man/pkgctl-release.1.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/man/pkgctl-release.1.asciidoc
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ Options
 	Use the given <msg> as the commit message
 
 *-r, --repo* 'REPO'::
-	Specify a target repository (disables auto-detection)
+	Specify target repository for new packages not in any official repo.
+	Using this option is disallowed if the package is already released, as it
+	would circumvent the auto-detection safeguard.
 
 *-s, --staging*::
 	Build against the staging counterpart of the auto-detected repo