diff --git a/interface/wx/secretstore.h b/interface/wx/secretstore.h
index 4daa66ff58..fc28c208f5 100644
--- a/interface/wx/secretstore.h
+++ b/interface/wx/secretstore.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public:
 
         The @a data argument may contain NUL bytes and doesn't need to be
         NUL-terminated.
+
+        Notice that at least under MSW the maximal size of the secret is
+        limited. The exact limit depends on the OS version and is e.g. 2560 for
+        Windows 7.
      */
     wxSecretValue(size_t size, const void *data);