diff --git a/docs/java-api/client.asciidoc b/docs/java-api/client.asciidoc
index 0c0e12e0a73f1..0c3ff0d60bdc6 100644
--- a/docs/java-api/client.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/java-api/client.asciidoc
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ TransportClient client = new PreBuiltTransportClient(settings);
 //Add transport addresses and do something with the client...
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+The transport client expects each transport address to resolve to a single
+Elasticsearch node. It forms multiple connections to each address and requires
+that each connection reaches the same node. This means that you should configure
+the client with the addresses of individual nodes in the cluster and should not
+use a load balancer that exposes multiple nodes at a single address.
+
 The Transport client comes with a cluster sniffing feature which
 allows it to dynamically add new hosts and remove old ones.
 When sniffing is enabled, the transport client will connect to the nodes in its