diff --git a/man/io_uring_register_buffers.3 b/man/io_uring_register_buffers.3
index dfb292da2..0706ef80d 100644
--- a/man/io_uring_register_buffers.3
+++ b/man/io_uring_register_buffers.3
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ return 0.
 return number of buffers updated.
 On failure they return
 .BR -errno .
+
+.SH NOTES
+When possible prefer to use the newer and more efficient
+.BR io_uring_register_buf_ring (3)
+API.
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR io_uring_register (2),
 .BR io_uring_get_sqe (3),
diff --git a/man/io_uring_setup_buf_ring.3 b/man/io_uring_setup_buf_ring.3
index 63175ee45..5453503b9 100644
--- a/man/io_uring_setup_buf_ring.3
+++ b/man/io_uring_setup_buf_ring.3
@@ -80,12 +80,18 @@ returns a pointer to the buffer ring. On failure it returns
 and sets
 .I *err
 to -errno.
+
 .SH NOTES
 Note that even if the kernel supports this feature, registering a provided
 buffer ring may still fail with
 .B -EINVAL
 if the host is a 32-bit architecture and the memory being passed in resides in
 high memory.
+
+Remember that you need to call
+.BR io_uring_buf_ring_add (3)
+to make the allocated buffers available to the kernel.
+
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR io_uring_register_buf_ring (3),
 .BR io_uring_buf_ring_init (3),