diff --git a/discord/ext/commands/converter.py b/discord/ext/commands/converter.py
index 830c58662bc4..6c559009dbae 100644
--- a/discord/ext/commands/converter.py
+++ b/discord/ext/commands/converter.py
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ async def convert(self, ctx: Context[BotT], argument: str) -> T_co:
         raise a :exc:`.CommandError` derived exception as it will
         properly propagate to the error handlers.
 
+        Note that if this method is called manually, :exc:`Exception`
+        should be caught to handle the cases where a subclass does
+        not explicitly inherit from :exc:`.CommandError`.
+
         Parameters
         -----------
         ctx: :class:`.Context`