diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst
index 1ea6133920..0c88ea0ce7 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-usage.rst
@@ -733,3 +733,13 @@ For this purpose you can define a separate dispatcher to be used for the cluster
       parallelism-max = 4
     }
   }
+
+.. note::
+    Normally it should not be necessary to configure a separate dispatcher for the Cluster.
+    The default-dispatcher should be sufficient for performing the Cluster tasks, i.e. ``akka.cluster.use-dispatcher``
+    should not be changed. If you have Cluster related problems when using the default-dispatcher that is typically an
+    indication that you are running blocking or CPU intensive actors/tasks on the default-dispatcher.
+    Use dedicated dispatchers for such actors/tasks instead of running them on the default-dispatcher,
+    because that may starve system internal tasks.
+    Related config properties: ``akka.cluster.use-dispatcher = akka.cluster.cluster-dispatcher``.
+    Corresponding default values: ``akka.cluster.use-dispatcher =``.
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diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst
index a9add41748..f4243805b3 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-usage.rst
@@ -785,3 +785,13 @@ For this purpose you can define a separate dispatcher to be used for the cluster
       parallelism-max = 4
     }
   }
+
+.. note::
+    Normally it should not be necessary to configure a separate dispatcher for the Cluster.
+    The default-dispatcher should be sufficient for performing the Cluster tasks, i.e. ``akka.cluster.use-dispatcher``
+    should not be changed. If you have Cluster related problems when using the default-dispatcher that is typically an
+    indication that you are running blocking or CPU intensive actors/tasks on the default-dispatcher.
+    Use dedicated dispatchers for such actors/tasks instead of running them on the default-dispatcher,
+    because that may starve system internal tasks.
+    Related config properties: ``akka.cluster.use-dispatcher = akka.cluster.cluster-dispatcher``.
+    Corresponding default values: ``akka.cluster.use-dispatcher =``.
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