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diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
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@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ deprecated.
 System emulator command line arguments
 --------------------------------------
 
-Creating sound card devices without ``audiodev=`` property (since 4.2)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card
-should specify an ``audiodev=`` property.
-
 Short-form boolean options (since 6.0)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index 8a0a8fe076..ed94b4cd0c 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
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@@ -442,6 +442,21 @@ line using a ``secret`` object instance.
 The ``-audiodev`` and ``-audio`` command line options are now the only
 way to specify audio backend settings.
 
+Using ``-audiodev`` to define the default audio backend (removed in 8.2)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+If no audiodev property is specified, previous versions would use the
+first ``-audiodev`` command line option as a fallback.  Starting with
+version 8.2, audio backends created with ``-audiodev`` will only be
+used by clients (sound cards, machines with embedded sound hardware, VNC)
+that refer to it in an ``audiodev=`` property.
+
+In order to configure a default audio backend, use the ``-audio``
+command line option without specifying a ``model``; while previous
+versions of QEMU required a model, starting with version 8.2
+QEMU does not require a model and will not create any sound card
+in this case.
+
 Note that the default audio backend must be configured on the command
 line if the ``-nodefaults`` options is used.