diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_database/mysql_4byte_support.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_database/mysql_4byte_support.rst
index e992567b7..8803b28dc 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration_database/mysql_4byte_support.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration_database/mysql_4byte_support.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Enabling MySQL 4-byte support
 In order to use Emojis (textbased smilies) on your Nextcloud server with a MySQL database, the
 installation needs to be tweaked a bit.
 
-1. Make sure your database is set to use the Barracuda InnoDB file format:
+1. Make sure your database is set to use the Barracuda InnoDB file format (this is only needed on MySQL 5.x and MariaDB < 10.3):
 
    Login to your mysql database and run::