diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/metrics/reference.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/metrics/reference.adoc
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--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/metrics/reference.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/monitoring/metrics/reference.adoc
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ label:deprecated[Deprecated in 5.15]
 |The total number of internally generated reusable IDs for the nodes stored in the database. These IDs do not reflect changes in the actual data. If you want to have a rough metric of how big your graph is, use `<prefix>.neo4j.count.node` instead. (gauge)
 |===
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+Database data metrics do not report values for databases using xref:database-internals/store-formats.adoc[block format].
+Instead, the metrics always report `-1`.
+This is not an indication of an error of any kind.
+====
+
 [[global-neo4j-pools-metrics]]
 === Global neo4j pools metrics