diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/RocksDBConfigSetter.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/RocksDBConfigSetter.java
index b65baa5cab0..ec7ac8f6e9a 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/RocksDBConfigSetter.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/RocksDBConfigSetter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import java.util.Map;
 /**
  * An interface to that allows developers to customize the RocksDB settings for a given Store.
  * Please read the <a href="https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/RocksDB-Tuning-Guide">RocksDB Tuning Guide</a>.
+ *
+ * Note: if you choose to set options.setTableFormatConfig(tableConfig) with a new BlockBasedTableConfig you should
+ * probably also set the filter for that tableConfig, most likely with tableConfig.setFilter(new BloomFilter());
  */
 public interface RocksDBConfigSetter {