diff --git a/docs/components.html b/docs/components.html
index 7623cda4b5..69089635db 100644
--- a/docs/components.html
+++ b/docs/components.html
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@
 </pre>
 
           <h3>Disabled state</h3>
-          <p>For any nav component (tabs, pills, or list), add <code>.disabled</code> for <strong>gray links and no hover effects</strong>. Links will remain clickable, however, unless custom JavaScript is implemented to prevent those clicks.</p>
+          <p>For any nav component (tabs, pills, or list), add <code>.disabled</code> for <strong>gray links and no hover effects</strong>. Links will remain clickable, however, unless you remove the <code>href</code> attribute. Alternatively, you could implement custom JavaScript to prevent those clicks.</p>
           <div class="bs-docs-example">
             <ul class="nav nav-pills">
               <li><a href="#">Clickable link</a></li>
diff --git a/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache b/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
index 6cb5aa69ec..5351d7fd93 100644
--- a/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
+++ b/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
 </pre>
 
           <h3>{{_i}}Disabled state{{/i}}</h3>
-          <p>{{_i}}For any nav component (tabs, pills, or list), add <code>.disabled</code> for <strong>gray links and no hover effects</strong>. Links will remain clickable, however, unless custom JavaScript is implemented to prevent those clicks.{{/i}}</p>
+          <p>{{_i}}For any nav component (tabs, pills, or list), add <code>.disabled</code> for <strong>gray links and no hover effects</strong>. Links will remain clickable, however, unless you remove the <code>href</code> attribute. Alternatively, you could implement custom JavaScript to prevent those clicks.{{/i}}</p>
           <div class="bs-docs-example">
             <ul class="nav nav-pills">
               <li><a href="#">{{_i}}Clickable link{{/i}}</a></li>