diff --git a/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Flowable.java b/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Flowable.java
index 91333947e9..0490daf3c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Flowable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Flowable.java
@@ -11590,6 +11590,11 @@ public final Flowable<T> mergeWith(@NonNull CompletableSource other) {
      * asynchronous. If strict event ordering is required, consider using the {@link #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean)} overload.
      * <p>
      * <img width="640" height="308" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/observeOn.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * This operator keeps emitting as many signals as it can on the given Scheduler's Worker thread,
+     * which may result in a longer than expected occupation of this thread. In other terms,
+     * it does not allow per-signal fairness in case the worker runs on a shared underlying thread.
+     * If such fairness and signal/work interleaving is preferred, use the delay operator with zero time instead.
      * <dl>
      *  <dt><b>Backpressure:</b></dt>
      *  <dd>This operator honors backpressure from downstream and expects it from the source {@code Publisher}. Violating this
@@ -11610,6 +11615,7 @@ public final Flowable<T> mergeWith(@NonNull CompletableSource other) {
      * @see #subscribeOn
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean)
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean, int)
+     * @see #delay(long, TimeUnit, Scheduler)
      */
     @CheckReturnValue
     @BackpressureSupport(BackpressureKind.FULL)
@@ -11623,6 +11629,11 @@ public final Flowable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler) {
      * asynchronously with a bounded buffer and optionally delays onError notifications.
      * <p>
      * <img width="640" height="308" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/observeOn.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * This operator keeps emitting as many signals as it can on the given Scheduler's Worker thread,
+     * which may result in a longer than expected occupation of this thread. In other terms,
+     * it does not allow per-signal fairness in case the worker runs on a shared underlying thread.
+     * If such fairness and signal/work interleaving is preferred, use the delay operator with zero time instead.
      * <dl>
      *  <dt><b>Backpressure:</b></dt>
      *  <dd>This operator honors backpressure from downstream and expects it from the source {@code Publisher}. Violating this
@@ -11647,6 +11658,7 @@ public final Flowable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler) {
      * @see #subscribeOn
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler)
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean, int)
+     * @see #delay(long, TimeUnit, Scheduler, boolean)
      */
     @CheckReturnValue
     @BackpressureSupport(BackpressureKind.FULL)
@@ -11660,6 +11672,11 @@ public final Flowable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler, boolean delayError) {
      * asynchronously with a bounded buffer of configurable size and optionally delays onError notifications.
      * <p>
      * <img width="640" height="308" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/observeOn.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * This operator keeps emitting as many signals as it can on the given Scheduler's Worker thread,
+     * which may result in a longer than expected occupation of this thread. In other terms,
+     * it does not allow per-signal fairness in case the worker runs on a shared underlying thread.
+     * If such fairness and signal/work interleaving is preferred, use the delay operator with zero time instead.
      * <dl>
      *  <dt><b>Backpressure:</b></dt>
      *  <dd>This operator honors backpressure from downstream and expects it from the source {@code Publisher}. Violating this
@@ -11685,6 +11702,7 @@ public final Flowable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler, boolean delayError) {
      * @see #subscribeOn
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler)
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean)
+     * @see #delay(long, TimeUnit, Scheduler, boolean)
      */
     @CheckReturnValue
     @NonNull
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Observable.java b/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Observable.java
index d2f11d2b5b..865b5563cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Observable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/reactivex/Observable.java
@@ -9902,6 +9902,11 @@ public final Observable<T> mergeWith(@NonNull CompletableSource other) {
      * asynchronous. If strict event ordering is required, consider using the {@link #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean)} overload.
      * <p>
      * <img width="640" height="308" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/observeOn.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * This operator keeps emitting as many signals as it can on the given Scheduler's Worker thread,
+     * which may result in a longer than expected occupation of this thread. In other terms,
+     * it does not allow per-signal fairness in case the worker runs on a shared underlying thread.
+     * If such fairness and signal/work interleaving is preferred, use the delay operator with zero time instead.
      * <dl>
      *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
      *  <dd>You specify which {@link Scheduler} this operator will use.</dd>
@@ -9918,6 +9923,7 @@ public final Observable<T> mergeWith(@NonNull CompletableSource other) {
      * @see #subscribeOn
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean)
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean, int)
+     * @see #delay(long, TimeUnit, Scheduler)
      */
     @CheckReturnValue
     @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.CUSTOM)
@@ -9930,6 +9936,11 @@ public final Observable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler) {
      * asynchronously with an unbounded buffer with {@link Flowable#bufferSize()} "island size" and optionally delays onError notifications.
      * <p>
      * <img width="640" height="308" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/observeOn.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * This operator keeps emitting as many signals as it can on the given Scheduler's Worker thread,
+     * which may result in a longer than expected occupation of this thread. In other terms,
+     * it does not allow per-signal fairness in case the worker runs on a shared underlying thread.
+     * If such fairness and signal/work interleaving is preferred, use the delay operator with zero time instead.
      * <dl>
      *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
      *  <dd>You specify which {@link Scheduler} this operator will use.</dd>
@@ -9950,6 +9961,7 @@ public final Observable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler) {
      * @see #subscribeOn
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler)
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean, int)
+     * @see #delay(long, TimeUnit, Scheduler, boolean)
      */
     @CheckReturnValue
     @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.CUSTOM)
@@ -9962,6 +9974,11 @@ public final Observable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler, boolean delayError) {
      * asynchronously with an unbounded buffer of configurable "island size" and optionally delays onError notifications.
      * <p>
      * <img width="640" height="308" src="https://raw.github.com/wiki/ReactiveX/RxJava/images/rx-operators/observeOn.png" alt="">
+     * <p>
+     * This operator keeps emitting as many signals as it can on the given Scheduler's Worker thread,
+     * which may result in a longer than expected occupation of this thread. In other terms,
+     * it does not allow per-signal fairness in case the worker runs on a shared underlying thread.
+     * If such fairness and signal/work interleaving is preferred, use the delay operator with zero time instead.
      * <dl>
      *  <dt><b>Scheduler:</b></dt>
      *  <dd>You specify which {@link Scheduler} this operator will use.</dd>
@@ -9983,6 +10000,7 @@ public final Observable<T> observeOn(Scheduler scheduler, boolean delayError) {
      * @see #subscribeOn
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler)
      * @see #observeOn(Scheduler, boolean)
+     * @see #delay(long, TimeUnit, Scheduler, boolean)
      */
     @CheckReturnValue
     @SchedulerSupport(SchedulerSupport.CUSTOM)