diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
index 1fcb6143..3881588e 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ If there are profile-specific YAML (or properties) files, these are also applied
 Higher precedence translates to a `PropertySource` listed earlier in the `Environment`.
 (These same rules apply in a standalone Spring Boot application.)
 
-You can set spring.cloud.config.server.accept-empty to false so that Server would return a HTTP 404 status, if the application is not found.By default, this flag is set to true.
+You can set `spring.cloud.config.server.accept-empty` to `false` so that Server would return a HTTP 404 status, if the application is not found.  By default, this flag is set to `true`.
+
+NOTE:  You cannot place `spring.main.*` properties in a remote `EnvironmentRepository`.  These properties are used as part of the application initialization.
 
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