diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
index c9ca1e7eece..63f9667c63e 100644
--- a/Doc/api/concrete.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
@@ -1565,7 +1565,9 @@ format.
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyBuffer_New}{int size}
   Returns a new writable buffer object that maintains its own memory
   buffer of \var{size} bytes.  \exception{ValueError} is returned if
-  \var{size} is not zero or positive.
+  \var{size} is not zero or positive.  Note that the memory buffer (as
+  returned by \cfunction{PyObject_AsWriteBuffer()}) is not specifically
+  aligned.
 \end{cfuncdesc}