diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index d282a557692..9300e05146a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ ZipFile Objects
    be a subset of the list returned by :meth:`namelist`.  *pwd* is the password
    used for encrypted files.
 
+   .. warning::
+
+      Never extract archives from untrusted sources without prior inspection.
+      It is possible that files are created outside of *path*, e.g. members
+      that have absolute filenames starting with ``"/"`` or filenames with two
+      dots ``".."``.
+
    .. versionadded:: 2.6