diff --git a/docs/deploying/cgi.rst b/docs/deploying/cgi.rst
index 1de9bd2c..17116be5 100644
--- a/docs/deploying/cgi.rst
+++ b/docs/deploying/cgi.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Engine`_, where execution happens in a CGI-like environment.
    not called because this will always start a local WSGI server which
    we do not want if we deploy that application to CGI / app engine.
 
+   With CGI, you will also have to make sure that your code does not contain
+   any ``print`` statements, or that ``sys.stdin`` is overridden by something
+   that doesn't write into the HTTP response.
+
 Creating a `.cgi` file
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