diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/JvmAnnotationsH.kt b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/JvmAnnotationsH.kt
index 0ba344314da..a0c69a55ff6 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/JvmAnnotationsH.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/JvmAnnotationsH.kt
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ public expect annotation class Strictfp()
  * Marks the JVM method generated from the annotated function as `synchronized`, meaning that the method
  * will be protected from concurrent execution by multiple threads by the monitor of the instance (or,
  * for static methods, the class) on which the method is defined.
+ *
+ * Note that for an extension function, the monitor of the facade class, where it gets compiled to a static method, is used.
+ * Therefore, this annotation is recommended to be applied only to member functions and properties.
  */
 @Target(FUNCTION, PROPERTY_GETTER, PROPERTY_SETTER)
 @MustBeDocumented
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/annotations/JvmFlagAnnotations.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/annotations/JvmFlagAnnotations.kt
index 8c93865342f..840527b75b4 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/annotations/JvmFlagAnnotations.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/annotations/JvmFlagAnnotations.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ public actual annotation class Strictfp
  * Marks the JVM method generated from the annotated function as `synchronized`, meaning that the method
  * will be protected from concurrent execution by multiple threads by the monitor of the instance (or,
  * for static methods, the class) on which the method is defined.
+ *
+ * Note that for an extension function, the monitor of the facade class, where it gets compiled to a static method, is used.
+ * Therefore, this annotation is recommended to be applied only to member functions and properties.
+ * In other cases, use [synchronized] function and explicitly specify the lock to be used.
  */
 @Target(FUNCTION, PROPERTY_GETTER, PROPERTY_SETTER)
 @Retention(AnnotationRetention.SOURCE)