Docs: update API docs, adding reference to bl_rna_get_subclass.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/python_api/rst/info_overview.rst b/doc/python_api/rst/info_overview.rst
index e341453fe93..562076c6c43 100644
--- a/doc/python_api/rst/info_overview.rst
+++ b/doc/python_api/rst/info_overview.rst
@@ -253,7 +253,13 @@ Registering a class with Blender results in the class definition being loaded in
 where it becomes available alongside existing functionality.
 
 Once this class is loaded you can access it from :mod:`bpy.types`,
-using the bl_idname rather than the classes original name.
+using the ``bl_idname`` rather than the classes original name.
+
+.. note::
+
+   There are some exceptions to this for class names which aren't guarantee to be unique.
+   In this case use: :func:`bpy.types.Struct.bl_rna_get_subclass`.
+
 
 When loading a class, Blender performs sanity checks making sure all required properties and functions are found,
 that properties have the correct type, and that functions have the right number of arguments.