diff --git a/reference/phar/ini.xml b/reference/phar/ini.xml
index 5b32454277..fc83e5ac90 100644
--- a/reference/phar/ini.xml
+++ b/reference/phar/ini.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
        enabled in php.ini, a script may harmlessly "re-enable"
        the INI variable, but may not disable it.
       </para>
+      <para>
+       This setting does not affect reading plain tar files with the
+       <classname>PharData</classname> class.
+      </para>
      </note>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>