diff --git a/documentation/jetty-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/programming-guide/client/http/client-http-api.adoc b/documentation/jetty-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/programming-guide/client/http/client-http-api.adoc
index 6a2e2412dfc..459b666b866 100644
--- a/documentation/jetty-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/programming-guide/client/http/client-http-api.adoc
+++ b/documentation/jetty-documentation/src/main/asciidoc/programming-guide/client/http/client-http-api.adoc
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ include::../../{doc_code}/org/eclipse/jetty/docs/programming/client/http/HTTPCli
 You first create a request object using `httpClient.newRequest(...)`, and then you customize it using the fluent API style (that is, a chained invocation of methods on the request object).
 When the request object is customized, you call `request.send()` that produces the `ContentResponse` when the request/response conversation is complete.
 
+IMPORTANT: The `Request` object, despite being mutable, cannot be reused for other requests.
+This is true also when trying to send two or more identical requests: you have to create two or more `Request` objects.
+
 Simple `POST` requests also have a shortcut method:
 
 [source,java,indent=0]
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java
index f3457897ee9..e2919eb86b8 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/api/Request.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Fields;
  * <p>You can create {@link Request} objects via {@link HttpClient#newRequest(String)} and
  * you can send them using either {@link #send()} for a blocking semantic, or
  * {@link #send(Response.CompleteListener)} for an asynchronous semantic.</p>
+ * <p>{@link Request} objects cannot be reused for other requests, not even for requests
+ * that have identical URI and headers.</p>
  *
  * @see Response
  */