diff --git a/book/src/README.md b/book/src/README.md
index e7972b0db19..7bdfb97c3ac 100644
--- a/book/src/README.md
+++ b/book/src/README.md
@@ -18,17 +18,27 @@ category.
 | `clippy::all`         | all lints that are on by default (correctness, suspicious, style, complexity, perf) | **warn/deny** |
 | `clippy::correctness` | code that is outright wrong or useless                                              | **deny**      |
 | `clippy::suspicious`  | code that is most likely wrong or useless                                           | **warn**      |
+| `clippy::style`       | code that should be written in a more idiomatic way                                 | **warn**      |
 | `clippy::complexity`  | code that does something simple but in a complex way                                | **warn**      |
 | `clippy::perf`        | code that can be written to run faster                                              | **warn**      |
-| `clippy::style`       | code that should be written in a more idiomatic way                                 | **warn**      |
-| `clippy::pedantic`    | lints which are rather strict or might have false positives                         | allow         |
+| `clippy::pedantic`    | lints which are rather strict or have occasional false positives                    | allow         |
+| `clippy::restriction` | lints which prevent the use of language and library features[^restrict]             | allow         |
 | `clippy::nursery`     | new lints that are still under development                                          | allow         |
-| `clippy::cargo`       | lints for the cargo manifest                                                        | allow         |                                   | allow         |
+| `clippy::cargo`       | lints for the cargo manifest                                                        | allow         |
 
-More to come, please [file an
-issue](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues) if you have ideas!
+More to come, please [file an issue](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues) if you have ideas!
 
-The [lint list](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html) also
-contains "restriction lints", which are for things which are usually not
-considered "bad", but may be useful to turn on in specific cases. These should
-be used very selectively, if at all.
+The `restriction` category should, *emphatically*, not be enabled as a whole. The contained
+lints may lint against perfectly reasonable code, may not have an alternative suggestion,
+and may contradict any other lints (including other categories). Lints should be considered
+on a case-by-case basis before enabling.
+
+[^restrict]: Some use cases for `restriction` lints include:
+    - Strict coding styles (e.g. [`clippy::else_if_without_else`]).
+    - Additional restrictions on CI (e.g. [`clippy::todo`]).
+    - Preventing panicking in certain functions (e.g. [`clippy::unwrap_used`]).
+    - Running a lint only on a subset of code (e.g. `#[forbid(clippy::float_arithmetic)]` on a module).
+
+[`clippy::else_if_without_else`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#else_if_without_else
+[`clippy::todo`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#todo
+[`clippy::unwrap_used`]: https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html#unwrap_used