diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/databases.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/databases.adoc
index 02920499b..6ccea090b 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/databases.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/databases.adoc
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ These commands return the following columns:
 | access
 | The database access mode, either `read-write` or `read-only`. label:default-output[]
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+A database may be described as read-only when using `ALTER DATABASE ... SET ACCESS READ ONLY`.
+====
+
 | databaseID
 | The database unique ID.