diff --git a/docs/hooks.rst b/docs/hooks.rst
index 1dbc492bd4..48128ba3d8 100644
--- a/docs/hooks.rst
+++ b/docs/hooks.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,30 @@ operation. There is no specific operation to indicate a "restart" is occurring.
 
    ::
 
-      /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu guest_name release end -
+      /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu guest_name release end <shutoff-reason>
+
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | Shutoff reason    | Description                                                       |
+   +===================+===================================================================+
+   | unknown           | the reason is unknown                                             |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | shutdown          | normal shutdown                                                   |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | destroyed         | forced poweroff                                                   |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | crashed           | domain crashed                                                    |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | migrated          | migrated to another host                                          |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | saved             | saved to a file                                                   |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | failed            | domain failed to start                                            |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | from snapshot     | restored from a snapshot which was taken while domain was shutoff |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | daemon            | daemon decides to kill domain during reconnection processing      |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
 
 -  :since:`Since 0.9.11`, the qemu hook script is also called at the beginning
    of incoming migration. It is called as:
@@ -312,7 +335,29 @@ operation. There is no specific operation to indicate a "restart" is occurring.
 
    ::
 
-      /etc/libvirt/hooks/lxc guest_name release end -
+      /etc/libvirt/hooks/lxc guest_name release end <shutoff-reason>
+
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | Shutoff reason    | Description                                                       |
+   +===================+===================================================================+
+   | unknown           | the reason is unknown                                             |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | shutdown          | normal shutdown                                                   |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | destroyed         | forced poweroff                                                   |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | crashed           | domain crashed                                                    |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | migrated          | migrated to another host                                          |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | saved             | saved to a file                                                   |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | failed            | domain failed to start                                            |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | from snapshot     | restored from a snapshot which was taken while domain was shutoff |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | daemon            | daemon decides to kill domain during reconnection processing      |
+   +-------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 -  :since:`Since 0.9.13`, the lxc hook script is also called when the libvirtd
    daemon restarts and reconnects to previously running LXC processes. If the
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index 30ff4eb3d0..f5eb5383ec 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void virLXCProcessCleanup(virLXCDriver *driver,
         /* we can't stop the operation even if the script raised an error */
         virHookCall(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_LXC, vm->def->name,
                     VIR_HOOK_LXC_OP_RELEASE, VIR_HOOK_SUBOP_END,
-                    NULL, xml, NULL);
+                    virDomainShutoffReasonTypeToString(reason), xml, NULL);
     }
 
     if (flags & VIR_LXC_PROCESS_CLEANUP_REMOVE_TRANSIENT)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 2c33ac3bf7..9de01b1a0d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -8722,7 +8722,7 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriver *driver,
         /* we can't stop the operation even if the script raised an error */
         virHookCall(VIR_HOOK_DRIVER_QEMU, vm->def->name,
                     VIR_HOOK_QEMU_OP_RELEASE, VIR_HOOK_SUBOP_END,
-                    NULL, xml, NULL);
+                    virDomainShutoffReasonTypeToString(reason), xml, NULL);
     }
 
     virDomainObjRemoveTransientDef(vm);