diff --git a/content/developer/misc/other/cmdline.rst b/content/developer/misc/other/cmdline.rst
index 0c9f43b98..e26b4f2b7 100644
--- a/content/developer/misc/other/cmdline.rst
+++ b/content/developer/misc/other/cmdline.rst
@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ Developer features
 
     * ``xml``: read QWeb template from xml file directly instead of database.
       Once a template has been modified in database, it will be not be read from
-      the xml file until the next update/init.
+      the xml file until the next update/init. Particularly, templates are not
+      translated on using this option.
 
     * ``reload``: restart server when python file are updated (may not be detected
       depending on the text editor used)