diff --git a/cmd/prometheus/main.go b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
index 8218ffb18d..e250a95c82 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func main() {
 	serverOnlyFlag(a, "rules.alert.resend-delay", "Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to Alertmanager.").
 		Default("1m").SetValue(&cfg.resendDelay)
 
-	serverOnlyFlag(a, "rules.max-concurrent-evals", "Global concurrency limit for independent rules that can run concurrently.").
+	serverOnlyFlag(a, "rules.max-concurrent-evals", "Global concurrency limit for independent rules that can run concurrently. When set, \"query.max-concurrency\" may need to be adjusted accordingly.").
 		Default("4").Int64Var(&cfg.maxConcurrentEvals)
 
 	a.Flag("scrape.adjust-timestamps", "Adjust scrape timestamps by up to `scrape.timestamp-tolerance` to align them to the intended schedule. See https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/7846 for more context. Experimental. This flag will be removed in a future release.").
diff --git a/docs/command-line/prometheus.md b/docs/command-line/prometheus.md
index 93eaf251d0..aa9bf3bfb0 100644
--- a/docs/command-line/prometheus.md
+++ b/docs/command-line/prometheus.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The Prometheus monitoring server
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--rules.alert.for-outage-tolerance</code> | Max time to tolerate prometheus outage for restoring "for" state of alert. Use with server mode only. | `1h` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--rules.alert.for-grace-period</code> | Minimum duration between alert and restored "for" state. This is maintained only for alerts with configured "for" time greater than grace period. Use with server mode only. | `10m` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--rules.alert.resend-delay</code> | Minimum amount of time to wait before resending an alert to Alertmanager. Use with server mode only. | `1m` |
-| <code class="text-nowrap">--rules.max-concurrent-evals</code> | Global concurrency limit for independent rules that can run concurrently. Use with server mode only. | `4` |
+| <code class="text-nowrap">--rules.max-concurrent-evals</code> | Global concurrency limit for independent rules that can run concurrently. When set, "query.max-concurrency" may need to be adjusted accordingly. Use with server mode only. | `4` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--alertmanager.notification-queue-capacity</code> | The capacity of the queue for pending Alertmanager notifications. Use with server mode only. | `10000` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--query.lookback-delta</code> | The maximum lookback duration for retrieving metrics during expression evaluations and federation. Use with server mode only. | `5m` |
 | <code class="text-nowrap">--query.timeout</code> | Maximum time a query may take before being aborted. Use with server mode only. | `2m` |