diff --git a/i18npool/source/localedata/data/locale.dtd b/i18npool/source/localedata/data/locale.dtd
index ed50ff8c5539..8ea44d2f0a4a 100644
--- a/i18npool/source/localedata/data/locale.dtd
+++ b/i18npool/source/localedata/data/locale.dtd
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@
 <!ELEMENT Variant (#PCDATA) >
 <!-- If the LangID element contains the value 'qlt' then the Variant element
      MUST contain the valid BCP 47 language tag of the locale. If LangID is
-     another ISO 639 code than 'qlt' then the Variant element must be empty.
+     another ISO 639 code than 'qlt' then the Variant element must be empty or
+     not present.
 -->