diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_vty.c b/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
index 54057b456b..d6fdbfd0d0 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_vty.c
@@ -1348,6 +1348,10 @@ DEFUN_NOSH (router_bgp,
 	else {
 		as = strtoul(argv[idx_asn]->arg, NULL, 10);
 
+		if (as == BGP_PRIVATE_AS_MAX || as == BGP_AS4_MAX)
+			vty_out(vty, "Reserved AS used (%u|%u); AS is %u\n",
+				BGP_PRIVATE_AS_MAX, BGP_AS4_MAX, as);
+
 		inst_type = BGP_INSTANCE_TYPE_DEFAULT;
 		if (argc > 3) {
 			name = argv[idx_vrf]->arg;
diff --git a/doc/user/overview.rst b/doc/user/overview.rst
index 4591637963..a24e3eb7f2 100644
--- a/doc/user/overview.rst
+++ b/doc/user/overview.rst
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ BGP
   :t:`Deprecation of BGP Path Attributes: DPA, ADVERTISER, and RCID_PATH / CLUSTER_ID. J. Scudder. May 2013.`
 - :rfc:`7196`
   :t:`Making Route Flap Damping Usable. C. Pelsser, R. Bush, K. Patel, P. Mohapatra, O. Maennel. May 2014.`
+- :rfc:`7300`
+  :t:`Reservation of Last Autonomous System (AS) Numbers. J. Haas, J. Mitchell. July 2014.`
 - :rfc:`7313`
   :t:`Enhanced Route Refresh Capability for BGP-4. K. Patel, E. Chen, B. Venkatachalapathy. July 2014.`
 - :rfc:`7606`