diff --git a/gcc/doc/fragments.texi b/gcc/doc/fragments.texi
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--- a/gcc/doc/fragments.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/fragments.texi
@@ -117,12 +117,15 @@ specified, there are combinations that should not be built.  In that
 case, set @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS} to be all of the switch exceptions
 in shell case syntax that should not be built.
 
-For example the ARM processor cannot execute both hardware floating
-point instructions and the reduced size THUMB instructions at the same
-time, so there is no need to build libraries with both of these
-options enabled.  Therefore @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS} is set to:
+For example on ARM targets @code{-mfloat-abi=soft} requests to use a
+softfloat implementation for floating-point operations.  Therefore, it
+does not make sense to find both @code{-mfloat-abi=soft} and an
+@code{mfpu} option on the command line so @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS}
+could contain the following exception (assuming that @code{-mfloat-abi}
+comes after in MULTILIB_OPTIONS and given that soft is the default
+value):
 @smallexample
-*mthumb/*mhard-float*
+*mfpu=*
 @end smallexample
 
 @findex MULTILIB_REQUIRED