diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml b/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
index a7bd041362209..bb08fa49005b2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
@@ -1389,9 +1389,9 @@ api:
       default: "8080"
     workers:
       description: |
-        Number of workers to run on the API server. Should be roughly equal to the number of
-        cpu cores available. If you need to scale the API server, consider deploying multiple API
-        servers instead of increasing the number of workers.
+        Number of workers to run on the API server. Should be roughly equal to the number of cpu cores
+        available. If you need to scale the API server, strongly consider deploying multiple API servers
+        instead of increasing the number of workers; See https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/52270.
       version_added: ~
       type: integer
       example: ~