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@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ SubPages, if the plugin is enabled.
 Note that to disable a sidebar for a [[SubPage]] of a page that has a sidebar,
 you can create a sidebar page that is completely empty. This will turn off
 the sidebar altogether.
+
+Warning: Any change to the sidebar will cause a rebuild of the whole wiki,
+since every page includes a copy that has to be updates. This can
+especially be a problem if the sidebar includes [[inline]] or [[map]]
+directives, since any changes to pages inlined or mapped onto the sidebar
+will change the sidebar and cause a full wiki rebuild.