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@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ These are the arguments:
 * `name`: the libvirt name (string, required)
 * `uuid`: the libvirt identifier (UUID string, required)
 * `memory`: amount of RAM (set with `count` (integer) and `unit` (string) attributes, default `{ count = 4; unit = "GiB"; }`)
-* `storage_vol`: source element or path to a QCOW2 volume for storage (set, string or path, required)
+* `storage_vol`: source element or path to a QCOW2 volume for storage, or null (set, string or path, default `null`)
 * `install_vol`: source element or path to an ISO image for an inserted CDROM, or null (set, string or path, default `null`)
 * `nvram_path`: path to a file for storing NVRAM, this file will be created if missing (string or path, required)
 * `virtio_net`: whether to use VirtIO for networking: this is faster, but requires installing a driver during Windows 11 installation (bool, default `false`)