diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ The docs are published off of three branches:
 
 - `book-v4`: [book.kubebuilder.io](https://book.kubebuilder.io) -- current docs
 - `book-v3`: [book-v3.book.kubebuilder.io](https://book-v3.book.kubebuilder.io) -- legacy docs
+> The above one is not working. We have been looking forward to sort it out, see: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/issues/3931. However, you can check the content under the `docs/` dir of the branch book-v3.
 - `book-v2`: [book-v2.book.kubebuilder.io](https://book-v2.book.kubebuilder.io) -- legacy docs
 - `book-v1`: [book-v1.book.kubebuilder.io](https://book-v1.book.kubebuilder.io) -- legacy docs
 - `master`: [master.book.kubebuilder.io](https://master.book.kubebuilder.io) -- "nightly" docs