diff --git a/tools/binman/entries.rst b/tools/binman/entries.rst
index 3ee7b05..4dda34c 100644
--- a/tools/binman/entries.rst
+++ b/tools/binman/entries.rst
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@
 base class for entry types which need to process data from elsewhere in
 the image, not necessarily child entries.
 
+The entries can generally be anywhere in the same image, even if they are in
+a different section from this entry.
+
 
 
 .. _etype_cros_ec_rw: