diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
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--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ run into this by yourself by restoring an older copy of your repository.
 "attack": maybe an attacker has replaced your repo by an older copy, trying to
 trick you into AES counter reuse, trying to break your repo encryption.
 
+Borg users have also reported that fs issues (like hw issues / I/O errors causing
+the fs to become read-only) can cause this warning, see :issue:`7853`.
+
 If you decide to ignore this and accept unsafe operation for this repository,
 you could delete the manifest-timestamp and the local cache: