diff --git a/document/core/binary/modules.rst b/document/core/binary/modules.rst
index 8e488582d1..95ae768968 100644
--- a/document/core/binary/modules.rst
+++ b/document/core/binary/modules.rst
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ Id  Section
 12  :ref:`data count section <binary-datacountsec>`
 ==  ===============================================
 
+.. note::
+   Section ids do not always correspond to the :ref:`order of sections <binary-module>` in the encoding of a module.
+
 
 .. index:: ! custom section
    pair: binary format; custom section