diff --git a/docs/ldml/tr35-dates.md b/docs/ldml/tr35-dates.md
index 5e8b3761dbc..08320011b6f 100644
--- a/docs/ldml/tr35-dates.md
+++ b/docs/ldml/tr35-dates.md
@@ -2002,6 +2002,7 @@ The Date Field Symbol Table below shows the pattern characters (Sym.) and associ
3 | Abbreviated (e.g. MMM) |
4 | Wide / Long / Full (e.g. MMMM, EEEE) |
5 | Narrow (e.g. MMMMM, EEEEE) (The counter-intuitive use of 5 letters for this is forced by backwards compatibility) |
+ >16 | Private Use (Reserved for use by implementations using CLDR; will never be otherwise used by CLDR.) |
Notes for the table below: