diff --git a/include/rocksdb/utilities/sim_cache.h b/include/rocksdb/utilities/sim_cache.h
index 8ccef05605..039c66efd2 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/utilities/sim_cache.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/utilities/sim_cache.h
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ class SimCache;
 // to predict block cache hit rate without actually allocating the memory. It
 // can help users tune their current block cache size, and determine how
 // efficient they are using the memory.
+//
+// Since GetSimCapacity() returns the capacity for simulutation, it differs from
+// actual memory usage, which can be estimated as:
+// sim_capacity * entry_size / (entry_size + block_size),
+// where 76 <= entry_size <= 104,
+// BlockBasedTableOptions.block_size = 4096 by default but is configurable,
+// Therefore, generally the actual memory overhead of SimCache is Less than
+// sim_capacity * 2%
 extern std::shared_ptr<SimCache> NewSimCache(
     std::shared_ptr<Cache> cache, size_t sim_capacity, int num_shard_bits,
     std::shared_ptr<Statistics> stats = nullptr);