diff --git a/docs/formatstorage.html.in b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
index b6f43613ee..a60e05e650 100644
--- a/docs/formatstorage.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@
         guaranteed stable across reboots, since they are allocated on
         demand. It is preferable to use a stable location such as one
         of the <code>/dev/disk/by-{path|id|uuid|label}</code> locations.
+        For a Multipath pool (type <code>mpath</code>), the provided
+        value is ignored and the default value of "/dev/mapper" is used.
         <span class="since">Since 0.4.1</span>
       </dd>
       <dt><code>permissions</code></dt>
diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in
index 0b467d586d..6c8222abe8 100644
--- a/docs/storage.html.in
+++ b/docs/storage.html.in
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@
     <h2><a name="StorageBackendMultipath">Multipath pools</a></h2>
     <p>
       This provides a pool that contains all the multipath devices on the
-      host. Volume creating is not supported via the libvirt APIs.
+      host. Therefore, only one Multipath pool may be configured per host.
+      Volume creating is not supported via the libvirt APIs.
       The target element is actually ignored, but one is required to appease
       the libvirt XML parser.<br/>
       <br/>
diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index a7476a30d7..9dae1a39bb 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -2569,6 +2569,9 @@ virStoragePoolSourceFindDuplicate(virConnectPtr conn,
                 matchpool = pool;
             break;
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_MPATH:
+            /* Only one mpath pool is valid per host */
+            matchpool = pool;
+            break;
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_RBD:
         case VIR_STORAGE_POOL_LAST:
             break;