diff --git a/crates/interpreter/src/gas.rs b/crates/interpreter/src/gas.rs
index 192dcc7bc0..ac0af3079d 100644
--- a/crates/interpreter/src/gas.rs
+++ b/crates/interpreter/src/gas.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl Gas {
     ///
     /// Returns `false` if the gas limit is exceeded.
     #[inline]
-    #[must_use]
+    #[must_use = "prefer using `gas!` instead to return an out-of-gas error on failure"]
     pub fn record_cost(&mut self, cost: u64) -> bool {
         let (remaining, overflow) = self.remaining.overflowing_sub(cost);
         let success = !overflow;