diff --git a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/presto_cpp/properties.rst b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/presto_cpp/properties.rst
index e5270c9ab08d2..f1a90b246e815 100644
--- a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/presto_cpp/properties.rst
+++ b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/presto_cpp/properties.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ For information on catalog configuration properties, see :doc:`Connectors </conn
 
 For information on Presto C++ session properties, see :doc:`properties-session`.
 
+NOTE: While some of the configuration properties below with "-gb" in their names 
+show gigabytes (gB; 1 gB equals 1000000000 B), it is actually 
+gibibytes (GiB; 1 GiB equals 1073741824 B).
+
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