diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 0a21deab3d..23fdea8c15 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -5161,6 +5161,10 @@ virDomainMigrateDirect(virDomainPtr domain,
  * XML includes details of the support URI schemes. If omitted
  * the dconn will be asked for a default URI.
  *
+ * If you want to copy non-shared storage within migration you
+ * can use either VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK or
+ * VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC as they are mutually exclusive.
+ *
  * In either case it is typically only necessary to specify a
  * URI if the destination host has multiple interfaces and a
  * specific interface is required to transmit migration data.
@@ -5221,6 +5225,15 @@ virDomainMigrate(virDomainPtr domain,
         goto error;
     }
 
+    if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK &&
+        flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC) {
+        virReportInvalidArg(flags,
+                            _("flags 'shared disk' and 'shared incremental' "
+                              "in %s are mutually exclusive"),
+                            __FUNCTION__);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_OFFLINE) {
         if (!VIR_DRV_SUPPORTS_FEATURE(domain->conn->driver, domain->conn,
                                       VIR_DRV_FEATURE_MIGRATION_OFFLINE)) {
@@ -5375,6 +5388,10 @@ error:
  * XML includes details of the support URI schemes. If omitted
  * the dconn will be asked for a default URI.
  *
+ * If you want to copy non-shared storage within migration you
+ * can use either VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK or
+ * VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC as they are mutually exclusive.
+ *
  * In either case it is typically only necessary to specify a
  * URI if the destination host has multiple interfaces and a
  * specific interface is required to transmit migration data.
@@ -5448,6 +5465,15 @@ virDomainMigrate2(virDomainPtr domain,
         goto error;
     }
 
+    if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK &&
+        flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC) {
+        virReportInvalidArg(flags,
+                            _("flags 'shared disk' and 'shared incremental' "
+                              "in %s are mutually exclusive"),
+                            __FUNCTION__);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_OFFLINE) {
         if (!VIR_DRV_SUPPORTS_FEATURE(domain->conn->driver, domain->conn,
                                       VIR_DRV_FEATURE_MIGRATION_OFFLINE)) {
@@ -5601,6 +5627,10 @@ error:
  *
  * VIR_MIGRATE_TUNNELLED requires that VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER be set.
  *
+ * If you want to copy non-shared storage within migration you
+ * can use either VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK or
+ * VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC as they are mutually exclusive.
+ *
  * If a hypervisor supports renaming domains during migration,
  * the dname parameter specifies the new name for the domain.
  * Setting dname to NULL keeps the domain name the same.  If domain
@@ -5648,6 +5678,15 @@ virDomainMigrateToURI(virDomainPtr domain,
 
     virCheckNonNullArgGoto(duri, error);
 
+    if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK &&
+        flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC) {
+        virReportInvalidArg(flags,
+                            _("flags 'shared disk' and 'shared incremental' "
+                              "in %s are mutually exclusive"),
+                            __FUNCTION__);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_OFFLINE &&
         !VIR_DRV_SUPPORTS_FEATURE(domain->conn->driver, domain->conn,
                                   VIR_DRV_FEATURE_MIGRATION_OFFLINE)) {
@@ -5741,6 +5780,10 @@ error:
  *
  * VIR_MIGRATE_TUNNELLED requires that VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER be set.
  *
+ * If you want to copy non-shared storage within migration you
+ * can use either VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK or
+ * VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC as they are mutually exclusive.
+ *
  * If a hypervisor supports changing the configuration of the guest
  * during migration, the @dxml parameter specifies the new config
  * for the guest. The configuration must include an identical set
@@ -5799,6 +5842,15 @@ virDomainMigrateToURI2(virDomainPtr domain,
         goto error;
     }
 
+    if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_DISK &&
+        flags & VIR_MIGRATE_NON_SHARED_INC) {
+        virReportInvalidArg(flags,
+                            _("flags 'shared disk' and 'shared incremental' "
+                              "in %s are mutually exclusive"),
+                            __FUNCTION__);
+        goto error;
+    }
+
     if (flags & VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER) {
         if (VIR_DRV_SUPPORTS_FEATURE(domain->conn->driver, domain->conn,
                                      VIR_DRV_FEATURE_MIGRATION_P2P)) {