diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/window.tex b/docs/latex/wx/window.tex
index a4fceac35d..22eeb905ee 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/window.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/window.tex
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
 release the capture.
 
+Note that wxWindows maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
+and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
+captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
+window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
+as you capture it.
+
 \wxheading{See also}
 
 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}