diff --git a/Harmony/Documentation/articles/patching-auxilary.md b/Harmony/Documentation/articles/patching-auxilary.md
index 021f8951..73bfa698 100644
--- a/Harmony/Documentation/articles/patching-auxilary.md
+++ b/Harmony/Documentation/articles/patching-auxilary.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static MethodBase TargetMethod(...)
 static MethodBase CalculateMethod(...)
 ```
 
-That method, if it exists, is expected to return a `MethodBase` of the method to be patched.
+That method, if it exists, is expected to return a `MethodBase` of the method to be patched. The return cannot be null. If you want to conditionally skip patching, use a `Prepare()` method.
 
 ### TargetMethods
 
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ A typical implementation would `yield` the results like this:
 
 [!code-csharp[example](../examples/patching-auxilary.cs?name=yield)]
 
+Similar to `TargetMethod`, the implementation cannot return zero results. If you want to conditionally skip patching, use a `Prepare()` method.
+
 ### Cleanup
 
 After patching, Harmony gives you a chance to clean up your state. For this, Harmony searches for a method called