diff --git a/doc/api/webhooks.rst b/doc/api/webhooks.rst
index ce6a3ade8..bd88f13e0 100644
--- a/doc/api/webhooks.rst
+++ b/doc/api/webhooks.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ multiple times for the same event due to a perceived error does not do any harm.
 There is only one exception: If status code ``410 Gone`` is returned, we will assume the
 endpoint does not exist any more and automatically disable the webhook.
 
+.. note:: If you use a self-hosted version of pretix (i.e. not our SaaS offering at pretix.eu) and you did not
+          configure a background task queue, failed webhooks will not be retried.
+
 Debugging webhooks
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/spelling_wordlist.txt b/doc/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 15237072b..f1155e84d 100644
--- a/doc/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/doc/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ regex
 renderer
 renderers
 reportlab
+SaaS
 screenshot
 selectable
 serializers