diff --git a/documentation/docs/02-runes/03-$derived.md b/documentation/docs/02-runes/03-$derived.md
index d7fda2283f..2945c5be80 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/02-runes/03-$derived.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/02-runes/03-$derived.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ As with `$state`, you can mark class fields as `$derived`.
 
 > [!NOTE] Code in Svelte components is only executed once at creation. Without the `$derived` rune, `doubled` would maintain its original value even when `count` changes.
 
+> [!NOTE] There is no reactivity on the server — `$derived` and `$derived.by` values do not recompute when their dependencies change, including overridden values (see [Overriding derived values](#Overriding-derived-values)).
+
 ## `$derived.by`
 
 Sometimes you need to create complex derivations that don't fit inside a short expression. In these cases, you can use `$derived.by` which accepts a function as its argument.
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ Derived expressions are recalculated when their dependencies change, but you can
 
 > [!NOTE] Prior to Svelte 5.25, deriveds were read-only.
 
-> [!WARNING] Overrides behave differently between client and server. On the client, an override is temporary — it is discarded as soon as any of the derived's dependencies change, because `derived` values are tracked via the reactive graph (`push-pull` reactivity). On the server, there is no reactive graph: `svelte/server` memoizes the derived with `once(fn)` (`packages/svelte/src/internal/server/index.js:441`) and stores the override in a closure (`updated_value ?? get_value()` at `index.js:498`). Once you assign to a `derived` on the server it will **never recompute** and the override survives forever. Avoid reassigning `let`-deriveds during SSR, and be aware that shared `*.svelte.ts` modules executed in `node`/`vitest` (server codegen) will show `client: 20` vs `server: 999` in the same test — see `sveltejs/svelte#18681`. In `DEV` the server now warns when you write to a derived.
+> [!WARNING] There is no reactivity on the server — when a `$derived` or `$derived.by` value's dependencies change, it will not recompute. This includes overridden values, which on the client are temporary and discarded when dependencies change, but on the server are permanent.
 
 ## Deriveds and reactivity
 
diff --git a/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/server-warnings.md b/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/server-warnings.md
index 23cd5e5922..7a9d620c1f 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/server-warnings.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/server-warnings.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Assignment to derived state on the server is permanent and will not be recalculated when its dependencies change, unlike on the client where it is temporary
 ```
 
-This warning is emitted when you reassign a value created with `$derived` while compiling with `generate: 'server'`. On the client such overrides are temporary and discarded once dependencies change; on the server the derived is memoized with `once(fn)` and the override is stored in a closure (`updated_value`), so it survives forever. See `sveltejs/svelte#18681` for details.
+This warning is emitted when you reassign a value created with `$derived` or `$derived.by` while compiling with `generate: 'server'`. There is no reactivity on the server — derived values do not recompute when dependencies change, including overridden values. On the client, overrides are temporary and discarded when dependencies change.
 
 ### unresolved_hydratable
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/messages/server-warnings/warnings.md b/packages/svelte/messages/server-warnings/warnings.md
index 07e2db90f4..baddff37a8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/messages/server-warnings/warnings.md
+++ b/packages/svelte/messages/server-warnings/warnings.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > Assignment to derived state on the server is permanent and will not be recalculated when its dependencies change, unlike on the client where it is temporary
 
-This warning is emitted when you reassign a value created with `$derived` while compiling with `generate: 'server'`. On the client such overrides are temporary and discarded once dependencies change; on the server the derived is memoized with `once(fn)` and the override is stored in a closure (`updated_value`), so it survives forever. See `sveltejs/svelte#18681` for details.
+This warning is emitted when you reassign a value created with `$derived` or `$derived.by` while compiling with `generate: 'server'`. There is no reactivity on the server — derived values do not recompute when dependencies change, including overridden values. On the client, overrides are temporary and discarded when dependencies change.
 
 ## unresolved_hydratable