diff --git a/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h b/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h
index 235e00c..466611f 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/x509_crt.h
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@
  * \brief          Parse a single DER formatted certificate and add it
  *                 to the end of the provided chained list.
  *
+ * \note           If #MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled, the PSA crypto
+ *                 subsystem must have been initialized by calling
+ *                 psa_crypto_init() before calling this function.
+ *
  * \param chain    The pointer to the start of the CRT chain to attach to.
  *                 When parsing the first CRT in a chain, this should point
  *                 to an instance of ::mbedtls_x509_crt initialized through
@@ -344,6 +348,10 @@
  * \brief            Parse a single DER formatted certificate and add it
  *                   to the end of the provided chained list.
  *
+ * \note             If #MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled, the PSA crypto
+ *                   subsystem must have been initialized by calling
+ *                   psa_crypto_init() before calling this function.
+ *
  * \param chain      The pointer to the start of the CRT chain to attach to.
  *                   When parsing the first CRT in a chain, this should point
  *                   to an instance of ::mbedtls_x509_crt initialized through
@@ -394,6 +402,10 @@
  *                 temporary ownership of the CRT buffer until the CRT
  *                 is destroyed.
  *
+ * \note           If #MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled, the PSA crypto
+ *                 subsystem must have been initialized by calling
+ *                 psa_crypto_init() before calling this function.
+ *
  * \param chain    The pointer to the start of the CRT chain to attach to.
  *                 When parsing the first CRT in a chain, this should point
  *                 to an instance of ::mbedtls_x509_crt initialized through
@@ -434,6 +446,10 @@
  *                 long as the certificates are enclosed in the PEM specific
  *                 '-----{BEGIN/END} CERTIFICATE-----' delimiters.
  *
+ * \note           If #MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled, the PSA crypto
+ *                 subsystem must have been initialized by calling
+ *                 psa_crypto_init() before calling this function.
+ *
  * \param chain    The chain to which to add the parsed certificates.
  * \param buf      The buffer holding the certificate data in PEM or DER format.
  *                 For certificates in PEM encoding, this may be a concatenation
@@ -458,6 +474,10 @@
  *                 of failed certificates it encountered. If none complete
  *                 correctly, the first error is returned.
  *
+ * \note           If #MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO is enabled, the PSA crypto
+ *                 subsystem must have been initialized by calling
+ *                 psa_crypto_init() before calling this function.
+ *
  * \param chain    points to the start of the chain
  * \param path     filename to read the certificates from
  *