diff --git a/common-tasks/backup-emergency-restore-v4.md b/common-tasks/backup-emergency-restore-v4.md
index 3b94a75a..9a83e3ba 100644
--- a/common-tasks/backup-emergency-restore-v4.md
+++ b/common-tasks/backup-emergency-restore-v4.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ The Qubes backup system has been designed with emergency disaster recovery in mi
         vm1/whitelisted-appmenus.list.000.enc
         dom0-home/dom0user.000.enc
 
+    **Note:** Each VM in the backup file has its path listed in `qubes.xml.000.enc` (search for the `backup-path` property). You can extract only the files necessary for your VM (vmX) with `tar -i -xvf qubes-backup-2015-06-05T123456 backup-header backup-header.hmac vmX/`.
+
  3. Set backup passhprase environment variable. While this isn't strictly required, it will be handy later and will avoid saving the passphrase into shell history.
 
         read backup_pass