diff --git a/src/patterns/kinesis-lambda.ts b/src/patterns/kinesis-lambda.ts
index 2d829912f8..d95e8b97e2 100644
--- a/src/patterns/kinesis-lambda.ts
+++ b/src/patterns/kinesis-lambda.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ export interface GuKinesisLambdaProps extends Omit<GuFunctionProps, "errorPercen
  * This pattern will create a new Kinesis stream by default. If you are migrating a stack from CloudFormation,
  * you will need to opt-out of this behaviour. For information on overriding the default behaviour,
  * see [[`GuKinesisLambdaProps`]].
+ *
+ * @alpha This pattern is in early development. The API is likely to change in future releases.
  */
 export class GuKinesisLambda extends GuLambdaFunction {
   constructor(scope: GuStack, id: string, props: GuKinesisLambdaProps) {
diff --git a/src/patterns/sns-lambda.ts b/src/patterns/sns-lambda.ts
index 33bb764843..cc76685a5b 100644
--- a/src/patterns/sns-lambda.ts
+++ b/src/patterns/sns-lambda.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export interface GuSnsLambdaProps extends Omit<GuFunctionProps, "errorPercentage
  * This pattern will create a new SNS topic by default. If you are migrating a stack from CloudFormation,
  * you will need to opt-out of this behaviour. For information on overriding the default behaviour,
  * see [[`GuSnsLambdaProps`]].
+ *
+ * @alpha This pattern is in early development. The API is likely to change in future releases.
  */
 export class GuSnsLambda extends GuLambdaFunction {
   constructor(scope: GuStack, id: string, props: GuSnsLambdaProps) {