diff --git a/doc/normalization-of-relative-motion.dox b/doc/normalization-of-relative-motion.dox
index ce266e3e..aaa1735f 100644
--- a/doc/normalization-of-relative-motion.dox
+++ b/doc/normalization-of-relative-motion.dox
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ same physical movement of those two devices (within sensor error
margins).
Devices usually do not advertise their resolution and libinput relies on
-the udev property MOUSE_DPI for this information.
+the udev property MOUSE_DPI for this information. This property is usually
+set via the udev hwdb.
The format of the property for single-resolution mice is:
@code