diff --git a/src/items/external-blocks.md b/src/items/external-blocks.md
index 0e048228d1..afe6d1945f 100644
--- a/src/items/external-blocks.md
+++ b/src/items/external-blocks.md
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@ unsafe extern "C" {
 > [!WARNING]
 > The `safe` qualifier should not be used on a function in an `extern` block unless that function guarantees that it will not access the variadic arguments at all. Passing an unexpected number of arguments or arguments of unexpected type to a variadic function may lead to [undefined behavior][undefined].
 
+r[items.extern.variadic.conventions]
+Variadic parameters can only be specified within `extern` blocks with the following ABI strings or their corresponding [`-unwind` variants][items.fn.extern.unwind]:
+
+- `"aapcs"`
+- `"C"`
+- `"cdecl"`
+- `"efiapi"`
+- `"sysv64"`
+- `"win64"`
+
 r[items.extern.attributes]
 ## Attributes on extern blocks
 
diff --git a/src/types/function-pointer.md b/src/types/function-pointer.md
index 03c8793662..239638413f 100644
--- a/src/types/function-pointer.md
+++ b/src/types/function-pointer.md
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ The `unsafe` qualifier indicates that the type's value is an [unsafe
 function], and the `extern` qualifier indicates it is an [extern function].
 
 r[type.fn-pointer.constraint-variadic]
-Variadic parameters can only be specified with [`extern`] function types with
-the `"C"` or `"cdecl"` calling convention.
-
-This also includes the corresponding [`-unwind` variants][items.fn.extern.unwind].
+For the function to be variadic, its `extern` ABI must be one of those listed in [items.extern.variadic.conventions].
 
 r[type.fn-pointer.attributes]
 ## Attributes on function pointer parameters