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diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
index 9fe09c805d..1e3eb71395 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_crypto_adapter.rst
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ service function if one exists.
 
         rte_event_crypto_adapter_start(id, mode);
 
+.. Note::
+
+         The eventdev to which the event_crypto_adapter is connected needs to
+         be started before calling rte_event_crypto_adapter_start().
+
 Get adapter statistics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~