diff --git a/doc/03_reference/security.rst b/doc/03_reference/security.rst
index 5f41df1b..167ec48f 100644
--- a/doc/03_reference/security.rst
+++ b/doc/03_reference/security.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ When data-independent timing is enabled:
 * Early completion of multiplication by zero/one is removed
 * Early completion of divide by zero is removed
 
+Note that data memory operations to unaligned addresses might result in multiple bus accesses being made.
+This in turn could expose information about the address as a timing side-channel.
+It is therefore recommended to stick to aligned memory accesses when using this feature for critical code regions.
+
 Dummy Instruction Insertion
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