diff --git a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
index f3f0499f052..1ec97214900 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
@@ -1488,7 +1488,9 @@ QOI
 
 .. versionadded:: 9.5.0
 
-Pillow identifies and reads images in Quite OK Image format.
+Pillow reads images in Quite OK Image format using a Python decoder. If you wish to
+write code specifically for this format, :pypi:`qoi` is an alternative library that
+uses C to decode the image and interfaces with NumPy.
 
 SUN
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