diff --git a/src/doc/rust.md b/src/doc/rust.md
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@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ Unsafe operations are those that potentially violate the memory-safety guarantee
 The following language level features cannot be used in the safe subset of Rust:
 
   - Dereferencing a [raw pointer](#pointer-types).
+  - Reading or writing a [mutable static variable](#mutable-statics).
   - Calling an unsafe function (including an intrinsic or foreign function).
 
 ##### Unsafe functions