diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 8a087a781748..c4d4f72dc2f1 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_isNull({
       Return `true` if *e* evaluates to `null`, and `false` otherwise.
 
       > **Warning**
-      > 
+      >
       > This function is *deprecated*; just write `e == null` instead.
     )",
     .fun = prim_isNull,
@@ -1919,6 +1919,20 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_filterSource({
     .name = "__filterSource",
     .args = {"e1", "e2"},
     .doc = R"(
+      > **Warning**
+      >
+      > `filterSource` should not be used to filter Nix output paths
+      > (directories whose parent is `/nix/store`). Since `filterSource`
+      > uses the name of the input directory while naming the output
+      > directory, doing so will produce a directory name in the form of
+      > `<hash2>-<hash>-<name>`, where `<hash>-<name>` is the name of
+      > the input directory. Since `<hash>` depends on the unfiltered
+      > directory, the name of the output directory will indirectly
+      > depend on files that are filtered out by the function. This will
+      > trigger a rebuild even when a filtered out file is changed. Use
+      > `builtins.path` instead, which allows specifying the name of the
+      > output directory.
+
       This function allows you to copy sources into the Nix store while
       filtering certain files. For instance, suppose that you want to use
       the directory `source-dir` as an input to a Nix expression, e.g.
@@ -2519,7 +2533,7 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_tail({
       the argument isn’t a list or is an empty list.
 
       > **Warning**
-      > 
+      >
       > This function should generally be avoided since it's inefficient:
       > unlike Haskell's `tail`, it takes O(n) time, so recursing over a
       > list by repeatedly calling `tail` takes O(n^2) time.