From 5ecb423c62dfdee8154c553130a38fba1424a91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timvisee <tim@visee.me>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:04:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add banner to recommend creating payload index after
 collection create

---
 qdrant-landing/content/documentation/concepts/indexing.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qdrant-landing/content/documentation/concepts/indexing.md b/qdrant-landing/content/documentation/concepts/indexing.md
index 8a0034c14..6ef865dcc 100644
--- a/qdrant-landing/content/documentation/concepts/indexing.md
+++ b/qdrant-landing/content/documentation/concepts/indexing.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Payload index may occupy some additional memory, so it is recommended to only us
 If you need to filter by many fields and the memory limits do not allow for indexing all of them, it is recommended to choose the field that limits the search result the most.
 As a rule, the more different values a payload value has, the more efficiently the index will be used.
 
+<aside role="alert">It's highly recommended to create all payload indices immediately after collection creation. Creating them later may block updates for some time. HNSW graphs will also only benefit from <a href="#filtrable-index">additional optimizations</a> (extra edges) when they are generated after payload index creation.</aside>
+
 ### Parameterized index
 
 *Available as of v1.8.0*