diff --git a/plugins/modules/opkg.py b/plugins/modules/opkg.py
index d736c1f3ff..73c2597de2 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/opkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/opkg.py
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---
 module: opkg
 author: "Patrick Pelletier (@skinp)"
-short_description: Package manager for OpenWrt
+short_description: Package manager for OpenWrt and Openembedded/Yocto based Linux distributions
 description:
-    - Manages OpenWrt packages
+    - Manages ipk packages for OpenWrt and Openembedded/Yocto based Linux distributions
 options:
     name:
         description:
             - Name of package(s) to install/remove.
             - C(NAME=VERSION) syntax is also supported to install a package
-              in a certain version. See the examples. This is supported since
-              community.general 6.2.0.
+              in a certain version. See the examples. This only works on Yocto based
+              Linux distributions (opkg>=0.3.2) and not for OpenWrt. This is
+              supported since community.general 6.2.0.
         aliases: [pkg]
         required: true
         type: list
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     name: foo
     state: present
 
-- name: Install foo in version 1.2
+- name: Install foo in version 1.2 (opkg>=0.3.2 on Yocto based Linux distributions)
   community.general.opkg:
     name: foo=1.2
     state: present