diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index f873246ace..793eceb39f 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -9949,6 +9949,10 @@ virDomainBlockJobAbort(virDomainPtr dom, const char *disk,
  * and was no-op. In this case libvirt reports cur = 1 and end = 1.
  * Since 2.3.0.
  *
+ * Note that the progress reported for blockjobs corresponding to a pull-mode
+ * backup don't report progress of the backup but rather usage of temporary
+ * space required for the backup.
+ *
  * Returns -1 in case of failure, 0 when nothing found, 1 when info was found.
  */
 int
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index cf7bc7986d..ca4af31a97 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -994,6 +994,10 @@ I<--bytes> with a scaled value permits a finer granularity to be selected.
 A scaled value used without I<--bytes> will be rounded down to MiB/s. Note
 that the I<--bytes> may be unsupported by the hypervisor.
 
+Note that the progress reported for blockjobs corresponding to a pull-mode
+backup don't report progress of the backup but rather usage of temporary
+space required for the backup.
+
 =item B<blockpull> I<domain> I<path> [I<bandwidth>] [I<--bytes>] [I<base>]
 [I<--wait> [I<--verbose>] [I<--timeout> B<seconds>] [I<--async>]]
 [I<--keep-relative>]