diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0b9d5f934..fba8710a2f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Release History
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Snowpark Python API Updates
+
+#### Documentation
+
+- Clarified that the JDBC driver JAR referenced via `udtf_configs.imports` in `DataFrameReader.jdbc()` must be downloaded from the database vendor and uploaded to a Snowflake stage.
+
 ## 1.51.0 (2026-05-18)
 
 ### Snowpark Python API Updates
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_reader.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_reader.py
index f435e9a1b4..b6c28a559f 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_reader.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_reader.py
@@ -1894,6 +1894,8 @@ def jdbc(
 
                 - imports (List[str], required): A list of stage file names to import into the UDTF.
                     Please include Jar file of jdbc driver to establish connection to external data source.
+                    Download the driver JAR from the database vendor and upload it to a Snowflake stage
+                    before referencing it here.
 
                 - java_version (int, optional): A integer that indicate the java runtime version of udtf.
                     By default, we use java 17.