diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
index e77a9da0ec20d..5fb2e31b12714 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ class Object
   #
   # If try is called without a method to call, it will yield any given block with the object.
   #
+  # Please also note that +try+ is defined on +Object+, therefore it won't work with
+  # subclasses of +BasicObject+. For example, using try with +SimpleDelegator+ will
+  # delegate +try+ to target instead of calling it on delegator itself.
+  #
   # ==== Examples
   #
   # Without +try+