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@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ This driver supports the [`ColumnType` interface](https://golang.org/pkg/databas
 Go 1.8 added `database/sql` support for `context.Context`. This driver supports query timeouts and cancellation via contexts.
 See [context support in the database/sql package](https://golang.org/doc/go1.8#database_sql) for more details.
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> The `QueryContext`, `ExecContext`, etc. variants provided by `database/sql` will cause the connection to be closed if the provided context is cancelled or timed out before the result is received by the driver.
+
 
 ### `LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE` support
 For this feature you need direct access to the package. Therefore you must change the import path (no `_`):