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       <dd>The <code>topology</code> element specifies requested topology of
         virtual CPU provided to the guest. Four attributes, <code>sockets</code>,
         <code>dies</code>, <code>cores</code>, and <code>threads</code>,
-        accept non-zero positive integer values. They refer to the total number
-        of CPU sockets, number of dies per socket, number of cores per die, and
-        number of threads per core, respectively. The <code>dies</code>
+        accept non-zero positive integer values. They refer to the number of
+        CPU sockets per NUMA node, number of dies per socket, number of cores
+        per die, and number of threads per core, respectively. The <code>dies</code>
         attribute is optional and will default to 1 if omitted, while the other
         attributes are all mandatory. Hypervisors may require that the maximum
         number of vCPUs specified by the <code>cpus</code> element equals to