diff --git a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
index 3db55e6..4888838 100644
--- a/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/zipfile.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
    of the last modification to the file; the fields are described in section
    :ref:`zipinfo-objects`.
 
-
 .. function:: is_zipfile(filename)
 
    Returns ``True`` if *filename* is a valid ZIP file based on its magic number,
@@ -406,6 +405,11 @@
       If ``arcname`` (or ``filename``, if ``arcname`` is  not given) contains a null
       byte, the name of the file in the archive will be truncated at the null byte.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      A leading slash in the filename may lead to the archive being impossible to
+      open in some zip programs on Windows systems.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Calling :meth:`write` on a ZipFile created with mode ``'r'`` or
       a closed ZipFile will raise a :exc:`ValueError`.  Previously,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-06-24-14-37-16.bpo-43066.Ti7ahX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-06-24-14-37-16.bpo-43066.Ti7ahX.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e38522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-06-24-14-37-16.bpo-43066.Ti7ahX.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added a warning to :mod:`zipfile` docs: filename arg with a leading slash may cause archive to
+be un-openable on Windows systems.