diff --git a/docs/en/essentials/redirect-and-alias.md b/docs/en/essentials/redirect-and-alias.md
index 07de45ac1..859549bb6 100644
--- a/docs/en/essentials/redirect-and-alias.md
+++ b/docs/en/essentials/redirect-and-alias.md
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ const router = new VueRouter({
 })
 ```
 
-For other advanced usage, check out the [example](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/blob/dev/examples/redirect/app.js).
+Note that [Navigation Guards](../advanced/navigation-guards.md) are not applied on the route that redirects, only on its target. In the example below, adding a `beforeEnter` or `beforeLeave` guard to the `/a` route would not have any effect.
+
+For other advanced usage, checkout the [example](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router/blob/dev/examples/redirect/app.js).
 
 ### Alias