diff --git a/forms.rst b/forms.rst
index 1654aa3deba..17cd593d416 100644
--- a/forms.rst
+++ b/forms.rst
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ to the ``form()`` or the ``form_start()`` helper functions:
     that stores this method. The form will be submitted in a normal ``POST``
     request, but :doc:`Symfony's routing </routing>` is capable of detecting the
     ``_method`` parameter and will interpret it as a ``PUT``, ``PATCH`` or
-    ``DELETE`` request. See the :ref:`configuration-framework-http_method_override` option.
+    ``DELETE`` request. The :ref:`configuration-framework-http_method_override`
+    option must be enabled for this to work.
 
 Changing the Form Name
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