diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index d5e916804a4a..47818eeb549a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1293,6 +1293,11 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging with ExecutorAllocationCli
    * Register an RDD to be persisted in memory and/or disk storage
    */
   private[spark] def persistRDD(rdd: RDD[_]) {
+    executorAllocationManager.foreach { _ =>
+      logWarning(
+        s"Dynamic allocation currently does not support cached RDDs. Cached data for RDD " +
+        s"${rdd.id} will be lost when executors are removed.")
+    }
     persistentRdds(rdd.id) = rdd
   }