diff --git a/docs/source/migrate.rst b/docs/source/migrate.rst
index 9fc151b..9595c27 100644
--- a/docs/source/migrate.rst
+++ b/docs/source/migrate.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@ While in v1 entries were represented as dicts, in v2 they are represented as ``E
         # ... but to facilitate migration or simple cases, this shorthand notation also works ...
         print(entry['title'])
 
+If you need plain dicts as in v1, e.g. to pass entries on to another library, convert them:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    # v1
+    entries = bib_database.entries
+    entries_dict = bib_database.entries_dict
+
+    # v2
+    entries = [dict(entry) for entry in library.entries]
+    entries_dict = {entry["ID"]: entry for entry in entries}
+
+Field values are whatever the middleware produced (e.g. a list of names after ``SeparateCoAuthors``), not necessarily strings.
+
 
 Similarly, other block types (comments, strings, ...) are now also represented as dedicated :ref:`object types <vocab>`,
 but for them, the migration is straight forward and we will not go into detail here.