diff --git a/doc/html/boost_typetraits/reference/remove_pointer.html b/doc/html/boost_typetraits/reference/remove_pointer.html
index a653b6a..761fe7a 100644
--- a/doc/html/boost_typetraits/reference/remove_pointer.html
+++ b/doc/html/boost_typetraits/reference/remove_pointer.html
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 </pre>
 <p>
         <span class="bold"><strong>type:</strong></span> The same type as <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">T</span></code>,
-        but with any pointer modifier removed.
+        but with any pointer modifier removed. Note that pointers to members are
+        left unchanged: removing the pointer decoration would result in an invalid
+        type.
       </p>
 <p>
         <span class="bold"><strong>C++ Standard Reference:</strong></span> 8.3.1.
diff --git a/doc/remove_pointer.qbk b/doc/remove_pointer.qbk
index dcbaa2f..0504252 100644
--- a/doc/remove_pointer.qbk
+++ b/doc/remove_pointer.qbk
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
       typedef __below type;
    };
   
-__type The same type as `T`, but with any pointer modifier removed.
+__type The same type as `T`, but with any pointer modifier removed.  Note that pointers to members are left unchanged: 
+removing the pointer decoration would result in an invalid type.
 
 __std_ref 8.3.1.