diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index bfb6d748f24..633f2d16b6b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -3410,7 +3410,9 @@ Due to the remote shell saving tilde expansions triggered by
 @value{tramp} can suppress this behavior with the user option
 @code{tramp-histfile-override}.  When set to @code{t}, environment
 variable @env{HISTFILE} is unset, and environment variables
-@env{HISTFILESIZE} @env{HISTSIZE} are set to 0.
+@env{HISTFILESIZE} and @env{HISTSIZE} are set to 0.  Don't use this
+with @command{bash} 5.0.0.  There is a bug in @command{bash} which
+lets @command{bash} die.
 
 Alternatively, @code{tramp-histfile-override} could be a string.
 Environment variable @env{HISTFILE} is set to this file name then.  Be