diff --git a/drivers/core/Kconfig b/drivers/core/Kconfig
index 2861b4307955854ef1b0b5f51b7beedffd7e4fa9..e40372dd753c9c6e140d6037c3189bc824818b66 100644
--- a/drivers/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/core/Kconfig
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ config DM_DEVICE_REMOVE
 	  device. This is not normally required in SPL, so by default this
 	  option is disabled for SPL.
 
+	  Note that this may have undesirable results in the USB subsystem as
+	  it causes unplugged devices to linger around in the dm-tree, and it
+	  causes USB host controllers to not be stopped when booting the OS.
+
 config DM_STDIO
 	bool "Support stdio registration"
 	depends on DM