diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 99abf45469018e..dc72f67c6361e2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -1472,6 +1472,19 @@ to speed up repeated connections from the same clients.
       :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS`, :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT`, and
       :data:`PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER` use TLS 1.2 as minimum TLS version.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      :class:`SSLContext` only supports limited mutation once it has been used
+      by a connection. Adding new certificates to the internal trust store is
+      allowed, but changing ciphers, verification settings, or mTLS
+      certificates may result in surprising behavior.
+
+   .. note::
+
+      :class:`SSLContext` is designed to be shared and used by multiple
+      connections.
+      Thus, it is thread-safe as long as it is not reconfigured after being
+      used by a connection.
 
 :class:`SSLContext` objects have the following methods and attributes: