diff --git a/R/styles.R b/R/styles.R
index 60b6930c..19f63ab1 100644
--- a/R/styles.R
+++ b/R/styles.R
@@ -493,6 +493,9 @@ font <- function(x, i = NULL, j = NULL, fontname, part = "body", cs.family = fon
 #' @export
 #' @title Set paragraph paddings
 #' @description change paddings of selected rows and columns of a flextable.
+#' @note
+#' Padding is not implemented in PDF due to technical infeasibility but
+#' it can be replaced with `set_table_properties(opts_pdf = list(tabcolsep = 1))`.
 #' @param x a flextable object
 #' @param i rows selection
 #' @param j columns selection
diff --git a/man/padding.Rd b/man/padding.Rd
index 4544156c..ea2054cc 100644
--- a/man/padding.Rd
+++ b/man/padding.Rd
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ padding(
 \description{
 change paddings of selected rows and columns of a flextable.
 }
+\note{
+Padding is not implemented in PDF due to technical infeasibility but
+it can be replaced with \code{set_table_properties(opts_pdf = list(tabcolsep = 1))}.
+}
 \examples{
 ft_1 <- flextable(head(iris))
 ft_1 <- theme_vader(ft_1)