diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc
index 5693680f8b1..925ec93c28b 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/cops_lint.adoc
@@ -322,7 +322,18 @@ end
 | -
 |===
 
-Check that constants are fully qualified.
+Check that certain constants are fully qualified.
+
+This is not enabled by default because it would mark a lot of offenses
+unnecessarily.
+
+Generally, gems should fully qualify all constants to avoid conflicts with
+the code that uses the gem. Enable this cop without using `Only`/`Ignore`
+
+Large projects will over time end up with one or two constant names that
+are problematic because of a conflict with a library or just internally
+using the same name a namespace and a class. To avoid too many unnecessary
+offenses, Enable this cop with `Only: [The, Constant, Names, Causing, Issues]`
 
 === Examples
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/constant_resolution.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/constant_resolution.rb
index 22fcbebcb88..15eb7a755f2 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/constant_resolution.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/constant_resolution.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@
 module RuboCop
   module Cop
     module Lint
-      # Check that constants are fully qualified.
+      # Check that certain constants are fully qualified.
+      #
+      # This is not enabled by default because it would mark a lot of offenses
+      # unnecessarily.
+      #
+      # Generally, gems should fully qualify all constants to avoid conflicts with
+      # the code that uses the gem. Enable this cop without using `Only`/`Ignore`
+      #
+      # Large projects will over time end up with one or two constant names that
+      # are problematic because of a conflict with a library or just internally
+      # using the same name a namespace and a class. To avoid too many unnecessary
+      # offenses, Enable this cop with `Only: [The, Constant, Names, Causing, Issues]`
       #
       # @example
       #   # By default checks every constant