diff --git a/doc/src/fix_temp_csvr.rst b/doc/src/fix_temp_csvr.rst
index d8a8d3135a..9c3a722be1 100644
--- a/doc/src/fix_temp_csvr.rst
+++ b/doc/src/fix_temp_csvr.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ thermal degrees of freedom, and the bias is added back in.
 
 **Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:**
 
+These fixes write the cumulative global energy change and the
+random number generator states to :doc:`binary restart files <restart>`.
+See the :doc:`read_restart <read_restart>` command for info on how to
+re-specify a fix in an input script that reads a restart file,
+so that the selected fix continues in an uninterrupted fashion.  The
+random number generator state can only be restored when the number
+of processors remains unchanged from what is recorded in the restart file.
+
 No information about these fixes are written to :doc:`binary restart files <restart>`.
 
 The :doc:`fix_modify <fix_modify>` *temp* option is supported by these