diff --git a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 391688a6ff..2cc993e10d 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
     }));
     return urlTrees$.pipe(catchError((e: any) => {
       if (e instanceof AbsoluteRedirect) {
-        // after an absolute redirect we do not apply any more redirects!
+        // After an absolute redirect we do not apply any more redirects!
+        // If this implementation changes, update the documentation note in `redirectTo`.
         this.allowRedirects = false;
         // we need to run matching, so we can fetch all lazy-loaded modules
         return this.match(e.urlTree);
diff --git a/packages/router/src/config.ts b/packages/router/src/config.ts
index e1278e0fe0..0955c00e26 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/config.ts
@@ -422,7 +422,10 @@ export interface Route {
   component?: Type<any>;
   /**
    * A URL to redirect to when the path matches.
+   *
    * Absolute if the URL begins with a slash (/), otherwise relative to the path URL.
+   * Note that no further redirects are evaluated after an absolute redirect.
+   *
    * When not present, router does not redirect.
    */
   redirectTo?: string;