From c7ba7be8fe67c099339fcbcd90012fc257308628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 21:19:44 -0500
Subject: Fixes #4699 -- document that UnrecognizedExtension can be used in
 generation (#5057)

---
 docs/x509/reference.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'docs')

diff --git a/docs/x509/reference.rst b/docs/x509/reference.rst
index 7f75f69d..0bac61eb 100644
--- a/docs/x509/reference.rst
+++ b/docs/x509/reference.rst
@@ -2460,7 +2460,9 @@ X.509 Extensions
     .. versionadded:: 1.2
 
     A generic extension class used to hold the raw value of extensions that
-    ``cryptography`` does not know how to parse.
+    ``cryptography`` does not know how to parse. This can also be used when
+    creating new certificates, CRLs, or OCSP requests and responses to encode
+    extensions that ``cryptography`` does not know how to generate.
 
     .. attribute:: oid
 
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