diff --git a/development/cpp/custom_modules_in_cpp.rst b/development/cpp/custom_modules_in_cpp.rst
index 41eadd1e2..b0b689400 100644
--- a/development/cpp/custom_modules_in_cpp.rst
+++ b/development/cpp/custom_modules_in_cpp.rst
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ You can then zip it and share the module with everyone else. When
 building for every platform (instructions in the previous sections),
 your module will be included.
 
+.. note:: There is a paramter limit of 5 in C++ modules for things such
+          as subclasses. This can be raised to 13 by including the header
+          file ``core/method_bind_ext.gen.inc``.
+
 Using the module
 ----------------