diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 6e026837079..d8bd85025c6 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -2594,6 +2594,8 @@ proxy @samp{bird@@bastion} to a remote file on @samp{you@@remotehost}:
 @kbd{C-x C-f @value{prefix}ssh@value{postfixhop}bird@@bastion|ssh@value{postfixhop}you@@remotehost@value{postfix}/path @key{RET}}
 @end example
 
+Each involved method must be an inline method (@pxref{Inline methods}).
+
 Proxies can take patterns @code{%h} or @code{%u}.
 
 @value{tramp} adds the ad-hoc definitions on the fly to