diff --git a/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md b/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md
index 4e00dabe4a..e7d6383cec 100644
--- a/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md
+++ b/doc/Extensions/Oxidized.md
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ it and enter the url to your oxidized instance.
 
 To have devices automatically added, you will need to configure
 oxidized to pull them from LibreNMS [Feeding
-Oxidized](#feeding-oxidized)
+Oxidized](#feeding-oxidized) Note: this means devices will be controlled by
+the LibreNMS API, and not router.db, passwords will still need to be in the
+oxidized config file.
 
 LibreNMS will automatically map the OS to the Oxidized model name if
 they don't match. this means you shouldn't need to use the model_map