resolves #3757

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py
index 3cc1b97f99d0168b3b07d046c61e032875e54919..ffaa93404f1418ad0a52424e46bd9d9c35783bc8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/strategy_options.py
@@ -1077,6 +1077,9 @@ def load_only(loadopt, *attrs):
                     Load(Address).load_only("email_address")
                 )
 
+     .. note:: This method will still load a :class:`_schema.Column` even
+        if the column property is defined with ``deferred=True``
+        for the :func:`.column_property` function.
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.9.0