diff --git a/reference/constraints/UniqueEntity.rst b/reference/constraints/UniqueEntity.rst
index 11f783e5a66..1628d9997d6 100644
--- a/reference/constraints/UniqueEntity.rst
+++ b/reference/constraints/UniqueEntity.rst
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ your user table:
     this validation has passed and before this entity is actually persisted in
     the database.
 
+.. caution::
+
+    This constraint cannot deal with duplicates found in a collection of items
+    that haven't been persisted as entities yet. You'll need to create your own
+    validator to handle that case.
+
 Options
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