diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index bfa2441..6ea24e6 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ type ServiceConfig struct {
 	TLSCert           string   `yaml:"tls_cert"`               // Server TLS certificate.
 	CACert            string   `yaml:"ca_cert"`                // CA certificate to validate client certificate.
 	ServerAsync       *bool    `yaml:"server_async,omitempty"` // Whether to enable server asynchronous mode.
-	// Maximum number of goroutines for server asynchronous mode.
+	// MaxRoutines is the maximum number of goroutines for server asynchronous mode.
+	// Requests exceeding MaxRoutines will be queued. Prolonged overages may lead to OOM!
+	// MaxRoutines is not the solution to alleviate server overloading.
 	MaxRoutines int    `yaml:"max_routines"`
 	Writev      *bool  `yaml:"writev,omitempty"` // Whether to enable writev.
 	Transport   string `yaml:"transport"`        // Transport type.
diff --git a/server/options.go b/server/options.go
index 55d9907..177a05d 100644
--- a/server/options.go
+++ b/server/options.go
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ func WithWritev(writev bool) Option {
 // MaxRoutines should be set to twice as expected number of routines (can be calculated by expected QPS),
 // and larger than MAXPROCS.
 // If MaxRoutines is not set or set to 0, it will be set to (1<<31 - 1).
+// Requests exceeding MaxRoutines will be queued. Prolonged overages may lead to OOM!
+// MaxRoutines is not the solution to alleviate server overloading.
 func WithMaxRoutines(routines int) Option {
 	return func(o *Options) {
 		o.ServeOptions = append(o.ServeOptions, transport.WithMaxRoutines(routines))