diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod
index 8d5fa003eefc..b4122e3940b4 100644
--- a/pod/perlhack.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhack.pod
@@ -863,6 +863,12 @@ basic errors before you submit a patch.
 Run F<miniperl> on F<t/base>, F<t/comp>, F<t/cmd>, F<t/run>, F<t/io>,
 F<t/op>, F<t/uni> and F<t/mro> tests.
 
+F<miniperl> is a minimalistic perl built to bootstrap building
+extensions, utilties, documentation etc.  It doesn't support dynamic
+loading and depending on the point in the build process will only have
+access to a limited set of core modules.  F<miniperl> is not intended
+for day to day use.
+
 =item * test.valgrind check.valgrind
 
 (Only in Linux) Run all the tests using the memory leak + naughty