diff --git a/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md b/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
index d7378c60d..8dc5a941d 100644
--- a/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
+++ b/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ requests will remain in a queue that is processed once the service is
 restarted. A client application will see old connections work normally but new
 connections are unresponsive as long as the service is stopped.
 
+**Note:** To forcefully prevent new connections from being made,
+          [destroy the listener](#destroying-listeners).
+
 ```
 MaxScale> shutdown service RWSplit
 MaxScale>