diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi
index 62680f7bd5..7b94653cef 100644
--- a/qemu-deprecated.texi
+++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi
@@ -367,6 +367,14 @@ guarantees must resolve the CPU model aliases using te
 ``alias-of'' field returned by the ``query-cpu-definitions'' QMP
 command.
 
+While those guarantees are kept, the return value of
+``query-cpu-definitions'' will have existing CPU model aliases
+point to a version that doesn't break runnability guarantees
+(specifically, version 1 of those CPU models).  In future QEMU
+versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions
+depending on the machine type, so management software must
+resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine.
+
 
 @node Recently removed features
 @appendix Recently removed features
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 0a9ac65974..ba5e9d5d6b 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -3981,7 +3981,13 @@ static PropValue tcg_default_props[] = {
 };
 
 
-X86CPUVersion default_cpu_version = CPU_VERSION_LATEST;
+/*
+ * We resolve CPU model aliases using -v1 when using "-machine
+ * none", but this is just for compatibility while libvirt isn't
+ * adapted to resolve CPU model versions before creating VMs.
+ * See "Runnability guarantee of CPU models" at * qemu-deprecated.texi.
+ */
+X86CPUVersion default_cpu_version = 1;
 
 void x86_cpu_set_default_version(X86CPUVersion version)
 {