diff --git a/docs/en/tutorials/embeddables.rst b/docs/en/tutorials/embeddables.rst
index be565bf2c..8dc98b99e 100644
--- a/docs/en/tutorials/embeddables.rst
+++ b/docs/en/tutorials/embeddables.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Separating Concerns using Embeddables
 
 Embeddables are classes which are not entities themself, but are embedded
 in entities and can also be queried in DQL. You'll mostly want to use them
-to reduce duplication or separating concerns.
+to reduce duplication or separating concerns. Value objects such as date range
+or address are the primary use case for this feature. Embeddables can only
+contain properties with basic ``@Column`` mapping.
 
 For the purposes of this tutorial, we will assume that you have a ``User``
 class in your application and you would like to store an address in