diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
index 0ee984d49f0..06a87293238 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/crash_handler.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ void crash_handler_log() {
     pos += snprintf(hint + pos, sizeof(hint) - pos, " 0x%08" PRIX32, addr);
   }
   ESP_LOGE(TAG, "%s", hint);
+#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ARCH_RISCV
+  ESP_LOGE(TAG, "RISC-V backtrace is best-effort. Check serial console for full register dump.");
+#endif
 }
 
 }  // namespace esphome::esp32