diff --git a/USAGE-CAPEC.md b/USAGE-CAPEC.md
index 44a2aaf821..013a66074a 100644
--- a/USAGE-CAPEC.md
+++ b/USAGE-CAPEC.md
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ from stix2 import FileSystemStore
 fs = FileSystemStore('./CAPEC', allow_custom=True)
 ```
 
+As of this writing, `allow_custom` must be set to `True`. This is because the CAPEC data uses several custom properties which are not part of the STIX 2.0 specification (`x_capec_prerequisites`, `x_capec_example_instances`, etc).
+
 To perform a query, we must define a [Filter](http://stix2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/datastore.html#Filters). As of this writing, a filter must, at a minimum, specify object `id`'s or an object `type`.  The following filter can be used to retrieve all CAPEC attack patterns:
 
 ```python
@@ -96,4 +98,4 @@ def get_mitigations_by_attack_pattern(src, ap_stix_id):
 
 ap = get_attack_pattern_by_capec_id(fs, '66')[0]
 get_mitigations_by_attack_pattern(fs, ap.id)
-```
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+```