diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs
index b861befd53..ccacd816e3 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/store.rs
@@ -533,12 +533,24 @@ impl<T> Store<T> {
         inner.limiter = Some(ResourceLimiterInner::Sync(Box::new(limiter)));
     }
 
-    /// Configures the [`ResourceLimiterAsync`](crate::ResourceLimiterAsync) used to limit
-    /// resource creation within this [`Store`]. Must be used with an async `Store`!.
+    /// Configures the [`ResourceLimiterAsync`](crate::ResourceLimiterAsync)
+    /// used to limit resource creation within this [`Store`]. Must be used
+    /// with an async `Store`!.
     ///
     /// Note that this limiter is only used to limit the creation/growth of
     /// resources in the future, this does not retroactively attempt to apply
     /// limits to the [`Store`].
+    ///
+    /// This variation on the [`ResourceLimiter`] makes the `memory_growing`
+    /// and `table_growing` functions `async`. This means that, as part of
+    /// your resource limiting strategy, the async resource limiter may yield
+    /// execution until a resource becomes available.
+    ///
+    /// By using a [`ResourceLimiterAsync`] with a [`Store`], you can no
+    /// longer use [`Memory::new`], [`Memory::grow`], [`Table::new`], and
+    /// [`Table::grow`]. Instead, you must use their `async` variants:
+    /// [`Memory::new_async`], [`Memory::grow_async`], [`Table::new_async`],
+    /// and [`Table::grow_async`].
     #[cfg(feature = "async")]
     pub fn limiter_async(
         &mut self,