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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/event/api.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/event/api.py
index e7c30901f..260d6e86f 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/event/api.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/event/api.py
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ def listen(target, identifier, fn, *args, **kw):
.. versionadded:: 0.9.4 Added ``once=True`` to :func:`.event.listen`
and :func:`.event.listens_for`.
+ .. warning:: The ``once`` argument does not imply automatic de-registration
+ of the listener function after it has been invoked a first time; a
+ listener entry will remain associated with the target object.
+ Associating an arbitrarily high number of listeners without explictitly
+ removing them will cause memory to grow unbounded even if ``once=True``
+ is specified.
+
.. note::
The :func:`.listen` function cannot be called at the same time
@@ -124,6 +131,13 @@ def listens_for(target, identifier, *args, **kw):
.. versionadded:: 0.9.4 Added ``once=True`` to :func:`.event.listen`
and :func:`.event.listens_for`.
+ .. warning:: The ``once`` argument does not imply automatic de-registration
+ of the listener function after it has been invoked a first time; a
+ listener entry will remain associated with the target object.
+ Associating an arbitrarily high number of listeners without explictitly
+ removing them will cause memory to grow unbounded even if ``once=True``
+ is specified.
+
.. seealso::
:func:`.listen` - general description of event listening