diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index c76e313923..86692276ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward,
 because it is prefixed with a plus sign; `tmp` will not be.
 
 
+BUGS
+----
+Using --recurse-submodules can only fetch new commits in already checked
+out submodules right now. When e.g. upstream added a new submodule in the
+just fetched commits of the superproject the submodule itself can not be
+fetched, making it impossible to check out that submodule later without
+having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future git
+version.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-pull[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c45efb37f5..1aad8bfc59 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and
 would want to start over, you can recover with 'git reset'.
 
 
+BUGS
+----
+Using --recurse-submodules can only fetch new commits in already checked
+out submodules right now. When e.g. upstream added a new submodule in the
+just fetched commits of the superproject the submodule itself can not be
+fetched, making it impossible to check out that submodule later without
+having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future git
+version.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-config[1]