diff --git a/stdlib/docs/development.md b/stdlib/docs/development.md
index 3db28ef576..267274dec7 100644
--- a/stdlib/docs/development.md
+++ b/stdlib/docs/development.md
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ ls **/*.mojo | entr sh -c "./scripts/build-stdlib.sh && mojo main.mojo"
 Now, every time you save a Mojo file, it packages the standard library and
 runs `main.mojo`.
 
+**Note**: you should stop `entr` while doing commits, otherwise you could have
+some issues, this is because some pre-commit hooks use mojo scripts
+and will try to load the standard library while it is being compiled by `entr`.
+
 ### Running tests
 
 If you haven't already, follow the steps at: