diff --git a/docs/faqs.md b/docs/faqs.md
index ff9fcf73e..e48bdaf46 100644
--- a/docs/faqs.md
+++ b/docs/faqs.md
@@ -82,3 +82,25 @@ Note that the check we recommend here is against `sys.stdout.encoding`, not `sys
 | `sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding=…)`    |          `0`          |        `utf-8`        |
 
 Do not rely on `sys.getfilesystemencoding()` on Windows either: [PEP 529](https://peps.python.org/pep-0529/) makes it `utf-8` regardless of the actual stream encoding.
+
+(edit-wait)=
+### The `edit` utility fails to open Visual Studio Code
+
+Let's say our default editor is Visual Studio Code. A Click CLI calling `edit()` is supposed to open a new VSCode window on a temporary file then wait for us to edit that file before returning back the CLI execution.
+
+But VSCode (and some other editors) returns immediately: the file is deleted before you had a chance to edit it. With `require_save=True` (the default), the function also returns `None` instead of the edited content.
+
+This is not a bug in Click. In that particular case, the `code` command (VSCode's executable) is a launcher: it starts the real editor in the background, then exits. Click waits on that process and reads its exit as the end of the editing session. The same happens on any platform with any editor whose command returns before its window closes.
+
+#### Answer
+
+Setup your editor to make its launcher block until the window is closed, so Click keeps waiting on it.
+
+You can set the `EDITOR` in your environment with its appropriate flags:
+
+| Editor | Flags |
+|---|---|
+| Visual Studio Code | `EDITOR="code --wait"` |
+| Sublime Text | `EDITOR="subl -w"` |
+
+For an editor with no such flag, a workaround is to point `EDITOR` at a small wrapper script that opens the editor and blocks until it exits.
diff --git a/src/click/termui.py b/src/click/termui.py
index e1315f237..8fe008527 100644
--- a/src/click/termui.py
+++ b/src/click/termui.py
@@ -870,6 +870,16 @@ def edit(
     automatically converted from POSIX to Windows and vice versa.  As such,
     the message here will have ``\n`` as newline markers.
 
+    .. warning::
+
+        The contract of this utility is that the editor command blocks until
+        the editing session is over: Click waits for it to exit before
+        reading the file back and cleaning it up. Editors whose command
+        launches the real editor in the background and exits immediately
+        break that contract. Click then returns before editing begins and
+        removes the temporary file while the editor still has it open. See
+        :ref:`edit-wait` to make such editors wait.
+
     :param text: the text to edit.
     :param editor: optionally the editor to use.  Defaults to automatic
                    detection.