diff --git a/docs/traffic_shaping.xml b/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
index 5cb4d80be..f55847c17 100644
--- a/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
+++ b/docs/traffic_shaping.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
     </legalnotice>
   </articleinfo>
 
+  <important>
+    <para>Traffic shaping is complex and the Shorewall community is not well
+    equiped to answer traffic shaping questions. So if you are the type of
+    person who needs "insert tab A into slot B" instructions for everything
+    that you do then don't try to implement traffic shaping using Shorewall.
+    You will just frustrate yourself and we won't be able to help you.</para>
+  </important>
+
   <section>
     <title>Introduction</title>