diff --git a/components/console/events.rst b/components/console/events.rst
index ff7048138e8..25cd54e882a 100644
--- a/components/console/events.rst
+++ b/components/console/events.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ the wheel, it uses the Symfony EventDispatcher component to do the work::
     $application->setDispatcher($dispatcher);
     $application->run();
 
+.. caution::
+
+    Console events are only triggered by the main command being executed.
+    Commands called by the main command will not trigger any event.
+
 The ``ConsoleEvents::COMMAND`` Event
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