diff --git a/docs/reference/announcements/880.md b/docs/reference/announcements/880.md
index 2902b7c204e..e996c3663a5 100644
--- a/docs/reference/announcements/880.md
+++ b/docs/reference/announcements/880.md
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ Camunda 8.8 introduces a streamlined architecture, consolidating core components
 
 You can download the alpha release of the unified package from the Camunda GitHub repository, either as an executable Java application (Camunda Orchestration Core) or a Docker image.
 
+### Identity and authentication limitations in 8.8.0-alpha2
+
+The 13.0.0-alpha2 Helm chart released with Camunda 8.8.0-alpha2 establishes a new default setup to support 8.8 [Identity management updates](#identity-management-updates-saasself-managed). Currently, this setup is limited to the following components:
+
+- The Orchestration core (Zeebe, Operate, Tasklist, and Orchestration cluster Identity)
+- Connectors
+
+This temporary limitation will be resolved in subsequent alpha releases.
+
 ### Helm charts
 
 If you are using the recommended Camunda 8 deployment option ([Helm charts](/self-managed/setup/install.md)), the upgrade path from version 8.7 to 8.8 will be straightforward by changing the values file to the new syntax.
diff --git a/docs/self-managed/setup/install.md b/docs/self-managed/setup/install.md
index 7ec7c634233..3bb09b67023 100644
--- a/docs/self-managed/setup/install.md
+++ b/docs/self-managed/setup/install.md
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ sidebar_label: "Install"
 description: "Camunda provides continuously improved Helm charts, of which are not cloud provider-specific so you can choose your Kubernetes provider."
 ---
 
+:::note
+The 13.0.0-alpha2 Helm chart released with Camunda 8.8.0-alpha2 establishes a new default setup to support 8.8 [Identity management updates](/docs/reference/announcements/880.md#identity-management-updates-saasself-managed). Currently, this setup is limited to the following components:
+
+- The Orchestration core (Zeebe, Operate, Tasklist, and Orchestration cluster Identity)
+- Connectors
+
+This temporary limitation will be resolved in subsequent alpha releases.
+:::
+
 We recommend using Kubernetes and Helm to deploy and run Camunda 8 Self-Managed in production.
 
 There are many ways you can provision and configure a Kubernetes cluster, and there are a number of architectural choices you need to make. Will your workers run in the Kubernetes cluster or external to it? You will need to configure your Kubernetes cluster and modify this to suit the architecture you are building.