diff --git a/cache.go b/cache.go
index 2d1b4e3b9c..6da8d52188 100644
--- a/cache.go
+++ b/cache.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ import (
 //     All implementations are in wazero.
 //   - Instances of this can be reused across multiple runtimes, if configured
 //     via RuntimeConfig.
+//   - The cache check happens before the compilation, so if multiple Goroutines are
+//     trying to compile the same module simultaneously, it is possible that they
+//     all compile the module. The design here is that the lock isn't held for the action "Compile"
+//     but only for saving the result. Therefore, we strongly recommend that the embedder
+//     does the centralized compilation in a single goroutine to generate cache rather than
+//     trying to Compile in parallel for a single module.
 type CompilationCache interface{ api.Closer }
 
 // NewCompilationCache returns a new CompilationCache to be passed to RuntimeConfig.