diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vagrant.html.md b/website/source/docs/builders/vagrant.html.md
index 18d67a210..2f890548b 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/builders/vagrant.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vagrant.html.md
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ by setting the `skip package` option. You can also change the behavior so that
 rather than initializing a new Vagrant workspace, you use an already defined
 one, by using `global_id` instead of `source_box`.
 
+Please note that if you are using the Vagrant builder, then the Vagrant
+post-processor is unnecesary because the output of the Vagrant builder is
+already a Vagrant box; using that post-processor with the Vagrant builder will
+cause your build to fail. Similarly, since Vagrant boxes are already compressed,
+the Compress post-processor will not work with this builder.
+
 ## Configuration Reference
 ### Required:
 
diff --git a/website/source/docs/post-processors/vagrant.html.md b/website/source/docs/post-processors/vagrant.html.md
index d9168cfce..862f20017 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/post-processors/vagrant.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/post-processors/vagrant.html.md
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ providers.
 post-processor doesn't support creating boxes for a provider you care about,
 please help by contributing to Packer and adding support for it.
 
+Please note that if you are using the Vagrant builder, then the Vagrant
+post-processor is unnecesary because the output of the Vagrant builder is
+already a Vagrant box; using this post-processor with the Vagrant builder will
+cause your build to fail.
+
 ## Configuration
 
 The simplest way to use the post-processor is to just enable it. No