diff --git a/reference/strings/functions/sprintf.xml b/reference/strings/functions/sprintf.xml
index 2516c994ea..70b4ef0efe 100644
--- a/reference/strings/functions/sprintf.xml
+++ b/reference/strings/functions/sprintf.xml
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@ The tree contains 0005 monkeys
         </screen>
        </example>
       </para>
+      <note>
+       <para>
+        Attempting to use a position specifier greater than
+        <constant>PHP_INT_MAX</constant> will result in
+        <function>sprintf</function> generating warnings.
+       </para>
+      </note>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>