diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
index 329bfe408e3..d91dec90024 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/docker-compose.adoc
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ When this module is included as a dependency Spring Boot will do the following:
 
 NOTE: The `docker compose` or `docker-compose` CLI application needs to be on your path in order for Spring Boot’s support to work correctly.
 
+NOTE: By default, Spring Boot's Docker Compose support is disabled when running tests.
+To enable it, set configprop:spring.docker.compose.skip.in-tests[] to `false`.
+
 
 
 [[features.docker-compose.service-connections]]