diff --git a/docs/simple_traffic_shaping.xml b/docs/simple_traffic_shaping.xml
index 0f5b38d36..803c5b2dd 100644
--- a/docs/simple_traffic_shaping.xml
+++ b/docs/simple_traffic_shaping.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ eth0                   External</programlisting>
       <para>RHEL5-based systems such as <trademark>CentOS</trademark> 5 and
       <trademark>Foobar</trademark> 5 are known to experience this
       error.</para>
+
+      <para><emphasis role="bold">Update</emphasis>: Beginning with Shorewall
+      4.4.7, Shorewall can determine that some environments, such as RHEL5 and
+      derivatives, are incapable of using the TYPE parameter and simply ignore
+      it.</para>
     </note>
 
     <para>With this simple configuration, packets to be sent through interface