diff --git a/docs/porting/indev.rst b/docs/porting/indev.rst
index 2592f3bae..2bab65e43 100644
--- a/docs/porting/indev.rst
+++ b/docs/porting/indev.rst
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ You can do this in the following way:
 
 .. note:: that :cpp:func:`lv_indev_read`, :cpp:func:`lv_timer_handler` and :cpp:func:`_lv_display_refr_timer` can not run at the same time.
 
+.. note:: For devices in event-driven mode, `data->continue_reading` is ignored.
+
 Further reading
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diff --git a/src/indev/lv_indev.h b/src/indev/lv_indev.h
index 62e44b8ea..a5b647b95 100644
--- a/src/indev/lv_indev.h
+++ b/src/indev/lv_indev.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int16_t enc_diff; /**< For LV_INDEV_TYPE_ENCODER number of steps since the previous read*/
 
     lv_indev_state_t state; /**< LV_INDEV_STATE_REL or LV_INDEV_STATE_PR*/
-    bool continue_reading;  /**< If set to true, the read callback is invoked again*/
+    bool continue_reading;  /**< If set to true, the read callback is invoked again, unless the device is in event-driven mode*/
 } lv_indev_data_t;
 
 typedef void (*lv_indev_read_cb_t)(lv_indev_t * indev, lv_indev_data_t * data);