diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e890e2a..c456edb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ Taskwarrior. Taskwarrior uses plaintext data files as a back end, and taskwiki
 uses Taskwarrior as a back end. This allows taskwiki to leverage its powerful
 features, such as filtering, recurrent tasks, user defined attributes or hooks.
 
+*Note:* Taskwiki only handles check lists that use the asterisk `*`. All other
+lists, i.e. those written with a hyphen `-` or a pound sign `#` as well as
+ordered lists, are left alone. This allows you to define plain lists and even
+vimwiki check lists that are unrelated to Taskwarrior.
+
 ### Features
 
 #### Individual tasks
diff --git a/doc/taskwiki.txt b/doc/taskwiki.txt
index f70581f..8341517 100644
--- a/doc/taskwiki.txt
+++ b/doc/taskwiki.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Taskwarrior. Taskwarrior uses plaintext data files as a back end, and taskwiki
 uses Taskwarrior as a back end. This allows taskwiki to leverage its powerful
 features, such as filtering, recurrent tasks, user defined attributes or hooks.
 
+NOTE: Taskwiki only handles check lists that use the asterisk "*". All
+other lists, i.e. those written with a hyphen "-" or a pound sign "#" as
+well as ordered lists, are left alone. This allows you to define plain
+lists and even vimwiki check lists that are unrelated to Taskwarrior.
+
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 Individual tasks