diff --git a/doc/account-notify.txt b/doc/account-notify.txt
index a3515309..92cd01ac 100644
--- a/doc/account-notify.txt
+++ b/doc/account-notify.txt
@@ -45,5 +45,8 @@ you always have the accountname to display is to do the following:
    token in your WHOX token request field.  When you get a reply, do appropriate
    caching.
 
-4) When the client receives an ACCOUNT message, update the accountname for the
+4) In the event of a netsplit, the client should query the channel again using
+   WHO with the 'a' format token in the WHOX request field.
+
+5) When the client receives an ACCOUNT message, update the accountname for the
    client in question in your accountname cache.