diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37a9801..9a4f6b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,4 +231,5 @@ $ DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg ARCH=${ARCH} -t "etcd-defrag:${VERS
 Any contribution is welcome!
 
 ## Note
-Please ensure running etcd on a version >= 3.5.6, and read [Two possible data inconsistency issues in etcd](https://groups.google.com/g/etcd-dev/c/8S7u6NqW6C4) to get more details.
+- Please ensure running etcd on a version >= 3.5.6, and read [Two possible data inconsistency issues in etcd](https://groups.google.com/g/etcd-dev/c/8S7u6NqW6C4) to get more details.
+- Please do not get learner members' endpoints included in `--endpoints`, refer to discussion in https://github.com/ahrtr/etcd-defrag/issues/26.
diff --git a/endpoints.go b/endpoints.go
index c7af005..280c265 100644
--- a/endpoints.go
+++ b/endpoints.go
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ func endpointsFromCluster(gcfg globalConfig) ([]string, error) {
 
 	var eps []string
 	for _, m := range memberlistResp.Members {
-		eps = append(eps, m.ClientURLs...)
+		// learner member only serves Status and SerializableRead requests, just ignore it
+		if !m.GetIsLearner() {
+			eps = append(eps, m.ClientURLs...)
+		}
 	}
 
 	slices.Sort(eps)
diff --git a/endpoints_test.go b/endpoints_test.go
index 0f14bc6..34bd4a0 100644
--- a/endpoints_test.go
+++ b/endpoints_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ func TestEndpointDedup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			[]string{"etcd.example.com:2379", "etcd1.example.com:2379", "etcd2.example.com:2379", "etcd3.example.com:2379"},
 		},
+		{
+			"ignore learner",
+			&clientv3.MemberListResponse{
+				Members: []*etcdserverpb.Member{
+					{
+						ClientURLs: []string{"etcd1.example.com:2379"},
+						IsLearner:  true,
+					},
+					{
+						ClientURLs: []string{"etcd3.example.com:2379"},
+					},
+					{
+						ClientURLs: []string{"etcd2.example.com:2379"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			[]string{"etcd2.example.com:2379", "etcd3.example.com:2379"},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testcase := range testcases {