diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-listeners.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-listeners.adoc
index 199f512f8e5..d018f8b692d 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-listeners.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-listeners.adoc
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ Supported configuration properties:
 
 `collection`::
 (string, optional) Specifies the target collection where documents are sent.
-Default value is `.system`.
+Default value is `.system`. If the target collection is missing the listener will
+silently discard events. _Note: in rare situations when the target collection is in
+an unstable state (eg. when some leader replicas were just lost and the leader election haven't
+finished running yet) the listener may not be able to index some events. In such cases a
+WARN message with the details of the event(s) will be added to the regular logs._
 
 `enabled`::
 (boolean, optional) Enables the listener when true. Default value is true.