diff --git a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
index 058eac51ddd..575e93af327 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ customize the amount of logging output
     enables `log rotation <https://docs.python.org/2/library/logging.handlers.html#timedrotatingfilehandler>`_
     daily, keeping 30 backups. Log rotation frequency and number of backups is
     not configurable.
+    
+    .. danger:: 
+    
+        Built-in log rotation is not reliable in multi-workers scenarios
+        and may incur significant data loss. It is *strongly recommended* to 
+        use an external log rotation utility or use system loggers (--syslog) 
+        instead.
 
 .. option:: --syslog