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diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
index 0166bb45de..e955299746 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/event_ethernet_rx_adapter.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ This function calls the start callbacks of the eventdev PMDs for hardware based
 eventdev-ethdev connections and ``rte_service_run_state_set()`` to enable the
 service function if one exists.
 
+.. Note::
+
+         The eventdev to which the event_eth_rx_adapter is connected needs to
+         be started before calling rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_start().
+
 Getting Adapter Statistics
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~