diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/aop.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/aop.xml
index 62bf969ee4..20499a289b 100644
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/aop.xml
+++ b/spring-framework-reference/src/aop.xml
@@ -2959,6 +2959,16 @@ public class Account {
 
 &lt;/bean&gt;</programlisting>
 
+      <note>
+        <para>Do not activate <interfacename>@Configurable</interfacename>
+        processing through the bean configurer aspect unless you really
+        mean to rely on its semantics at runtime. In particular, make sure
+        that you do not use <interfacename>@Configurable</interfacename>
+        on bean classes which are registered as regular Spring beans with
+        the container: You would get double initialization otherwise, once
+        through the container and once through the aspect.</para>
+      </note>
+
       <section id="aop-configurable-testing">
         <title>Unit testing <interfacename>@Configurable</interfacename>
         objects</title>
diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/scheduling.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/scheduling.xml
index 79eaad2b9c..9042f924b2 100644
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/scheduling.xml
+++ b/spring-framework-reference/src/scheduling.xml
@@ -553,6 +553,17 @@ public void doSomething() {
 			and must not expect any arguments. If the method needs to interact with
 			other objects from the Application Context, then those would typically
 			have been provided through dependency injection.</para>
+
+			<note>
+				<para>Make sure that you are not initializing multiple instances
+				of the same @Scheduled annotation class at runtime, unless you do
+				want to schedule callbacks to each such instance. Related to this,
+				make sure that you do not use @Configurable on bean classes which
+				are annotated with @Scheduled and registered as regular Spring beans
+				with the container: You would get double initialization otherwise,
+				once through the container and once through the @Configurable aspect,
+				with the consequence of each @Scheduled method being invoked twice.</para>
+			</note>
 		</section>
 
 		<section id="scheduling-annotation-support-async">