diff --git a/packages/react/src/player/context.tsx b/packages/react/src/player/context.tsx
index c72d005fc..bffe1ba30 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/player/context.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/player/context.tsx
@@ -45,12 +45,20 @@ export function usePlayerContext(): PlayerContextValue {
 /**
  * Access the player store from within a Player Provider.
  *
+ * This standalone hook has no knowledge of your configured features, so it
+ * returns an untyped `UnknownStore` whose state properties are typed as
+ * `unknown`. For typed access, use the `usePlayer` returned by `createPlayer()`,
+ * or pass a premade selector to recover the type from its return value.
+ *
  * @label Without Selector
  */
 export function usePlayer(): UnknownStore;
 /**
  * Select a value from the player store. Re-renders when the selected value changes.
  *
+ * The selector receives `UnknownState`, so an inline selector returns `unknown`.
+ * Pass a premade selector (e.g. `selectPlayback`) to get a typed result.
+ *
  * @label With Selector
  * @param selector - Derives a value from the player store state.
  */
diff --git a/site/src/content/docs/reference/use-player.mdx b/site/src/content/docs/reference/use-player.mdx
index d533f8a7c..306acd2dd 100644
--- a/site/src/content/docs/reference/use-player.mdx
+++ b/site/src/content/docs/reference/use-player.mdx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description: Hook to access the player store from within a Player.Provider
 ---
 
 import UtilReference from "@/components/docs/api-reference/UtilReference.astro";
+import Aside from "@/components/Aside.astro";
 import Demo from "@/components/docs/demos/Demo.astro";
 import DocsLink from "@/components/docs/DocsLink.astro";
 import FrameworkCase from "@/components/docs/FrameworkCase.astro";
@@ -17,6 +18,18 @@ import selectorReactCss from "@/components/docs/demos/use-player/react/css/Selec
 
 `Player.usePlayer` gives you access to the player store from any component within a `Player.Provider`. It has two overloads — without arguments for direct store access, or with a selector for reactive state subscriptions. `Player.usePlayer` is typed to the features you passed to <DocsLink slug="reference/create-player">`createPlayer`</DocsLink>. It's also available as a standalone import (`import { usePlayer } from '@videojs/react'`), but the standalone version returns an untyped store.
 
+<Aside type="note" title="Typed vs. untyped access">
+`Player.usePlayer` (from <DocsLink slug="reference/create-player">`createPlayer`</DocsLink>) is typed to your features and needs no selector. The standalone `import { usePlayer } from '@videojs/react'` returns an untyped `UnknownStore` — pass a premade selector to recover typing.
+</Aside>
+
+```tsx
+import { usePlayer } from '@videojs/react';
+import { selectPlayback } from '@videojs/core/dom';
+
+usePlayer();               // UnknownStore (state: unknown)
+usePlayer(selectPlayback); // PlaybackState | undefined
+```
+
 ## Examples
 
 ### Store Access