diff --git a/faqs.rst b/faqs.rst
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@@ -606,7 +606,11 @@ caused segfaults of MPI in ``MPI_Finalize`` when UCX PML was used.
 A special `job shell plugin <https://github.com/flux-framework/flux-pmix>`_,
 offered as a separate package, is required to bootstrap the upcoming openmpi
 5.0.x releases.  Once installed, the plugin is activated by submitting a job
-with the ``-ompi=openmpi@5`` option.
+with the ``-opmi=pmix`` option.
+
+In fact, ``-o pmi=pmix`` also works for earlier versions of OpenMPI, and
+appears to avoid a UCX related deadlock in OpenMPI 4.1.2 (see 
+`flux-framework/flux-core#5460 <https://github.com/flux-framework/flux-core/issues/5460>`)
 
 .. _openmpi_config: