add note about displaying other events
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ client belongs to, and what state the verification is in. For example:
waiting for the request to be accepted, and the sending user's other clients
can indicate the that a request was initiated on a different device.
+Clients may choose to display or not to display events of any other type that
+reference the original request event; but it must not have any effect on the
+verification itself.
+
#### Accepting a key verification
To accept a key verification, Bob will send an `m.key.verification.start` event
