diff --git a/bin/ta-tool.pl b/bin/ta-tool.pl
index 329845c58b42f548f1f79e4ebe15e6270c06ea57..28651054194747c75dfe71476b5604af03f020b4 100644
--- a/bin/ta-tool.pl
+++ b/bin/ta-tool.pl
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ ta-tool - the swiss knife for the technical analyst working with different Achiv
 
 The tool allows you to submit queries to Archivematica's ElasticSearch, which makes your daily work as a technical analyst much easier.
 
+=head1 HINTS
+
+command 'report' with options '--with-ldp' and '--with-filetypes' should be used with care because the running time
+      increases from O(n) to O(n²) if one option is used
+      or increases to O(n³) if both options used
+      (with n => count of AIPs)
+
+ensure the ElasticSearch server allows to return >10.000 results if your archive is large, especially if you use
+file-specific options like '--pronom-id' or '--with-filetypes'.
+
+
 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
 
 Copyright by Andreas Romeyke, free licensed under General Public License v3 or higher, see file LICENSE for details.