diff --git a/docs/src/misc.rst b/docs/src/misc.rst
index 529d588c..cf4a7895 100644
--- a/docs/src/misc.rst
+++ b/docs/src/misc.rst
@@ -544,4 +544,8 @@ API
         process priority, the result will equal one of the `UV_PRIORITY`
         constants, and not necessarily the exact value of `priority`.
 
+    .. note::
+        On Windows, setting `PRIORITY_HIGHEST` will only work for elevated user,
+        for others it will be silently reduced to `PRIORITY_HIGH`.
+
     .. versionadded:: 1.23.0