diff --git a/doc/devguide/extending/app-layer/app-layer-frames.rst b/doc/devguide/extending/app-layer/app-layer-frames.rst
index 2c246adcb7..115532162c 100644
--- a/doc/devguide/extending/app-layer/app-layer-frames.rst
+++ b/doc/devguide/extending/app-layer/app-layer-frames.rst
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ Register relevant callbacks (note that the actual functions will also have to be
     :end-before: /* app-layer-frame-documentation tag end: registering relevant callbacks
     :dedent: 8
 
+.. note:: The ``GetFrameIdByName`` functions can be "probed", so they should not generate any output or that could be misleading (for instance, Suricata generating a log message stating that a valid frame type is unknown).
+
 Visual context
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