diff --git a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerPush.scala b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerPush.scala
index d5e8304b0..d9917c418 100644
--- a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerPush.scala
+++ b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerPush.scala
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ final class EventProducerPush[Event] private (
     val connectionMetadata: Optional[Metadata],
     val grpcClientSettings: GrpcClientSettings) {
 
+  if (eventProducerSource.transformSnapshot.isPresent)
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+      "`EventProducerSource.withStartingFromSnapshots` should not be used together with `EventProducerPush`. " +
+      "In that case `SourceProvider` with `eventsBySlicesStartingFromSnapshots` should be used instead.")
+
   def handler(system: ActorSystem[_])
       : FlowWithContext[EventEnvelope[Event], ProjectionContext, Done, ProjectionContext, NotUsed] = {
     val eventConsumerClient = EventConsumerServiceClient(grpcClientSettings)(system)
diff --git a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerSource.scala b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerSource.scala
index 0d7b14d57..a74615ab7 100644
--- a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerSource.scala
+++ b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/javadsl/EventProducerSource.scala
@@ -65,6 +65,19 @@ final class EventProducerSource(
     withProducerFilter[Any](topicMatcher.matches(_, settings.topicTagPrefix))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Use snapshots as starting points and thereby reducing number of events that have to be loaded.
+   * This can be useful if the consumer start from zero without any previously processed
+   * offset or if it has been disconnected for a long while and its offset is far behind.
+   *
+   * First it loads all snapshots with timestamps greater than or equal to the offset timestamp. There is at most one
+   * snapshot per persistenceId. The snapshots are transformed to events with the given `transformSnapshot` function.
+   *
+   * After emitting the snapshot events the ordinary events with sequence numbers after the snapshots are emitted.
+   *
+   * Important note: This should not be used together with [[EventProducerPush]]. In that case `SourceProvider` with
+   * `eventsBySlicesStartingFromSnapshots` should be used instead.
+   */
   def withStartingFromSnapshots[Snapshot, Event](transformSnapshot: java.util.function.Function[Snapshot, Event]) =
     new EventProducerSource(
       entityType,
diff --git a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducer.scala b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducer.scala
index f136c002f..d6d29342e 100644
--- a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducer.scala
+++ b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducer.scala
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ object EventProducer {
       withProducerFilter[Any](topicMatcher.matches(_, settings.topicTagPrefix))
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Use snapshots as starting points and thereby reducing number of events that have to be loaded.
+     * This can be useful if the consumer start from zero without any previously processed
+     * offset or if it has been disconnected for a long while and its offset is far behind.
+     *
+     * First it loads all snapshots with timestamps greater than or equal to the offset timestamp. There is at most one
+     * snapshot per persistenceId. The snapshots are transformed to events with the given `transformSnapshot` function.
+     *
+     * After emitting the snapshot events the ordinary events with sequence numbers after the snapshots are emitted.
+     *
+     * Important note: This should not be used together with [[EventProducerPush]]. In that case `SourceProvider` with
+     * `eventsBySlicesStartingFromSnapshots` should be used instead.
+     */
     def withStartingFromSnapshots[Snapshot, Event](transformSnapshot: Snapshot => Event): EventProducerSource =
       copy(transformSnapshot = Some(transformSnapshot.asInstanceOf[Any => Any]))
 
diff --git a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducerPush.scala b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducerPush.scala
index 92cf6c1f3..bd3d5b6bd 100644
--- a/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducerPush.scala
+++ b/akka-projection-grpc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/grpc/producer/scaladsl/EventProducerPush.scala
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ final class EventProducerPush[Event](
     val connectionMetadata: Option[Metadata],
     val grpcClientSettings: GrpcClientSettings) {
 
+  if (eventProducerSource.transformSnapshot.isDefined)
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+      "`EventProducerSource.withStartingFromSnapshots` should not be used together with `EventProducerPush`. " +
+      "In that case `SourceProvider` with `eventsBySlicesStartingFromSnapshots` should be used instead.")
+
   def handler()(implicit system: ActorSystem[_])
       : FlowWithContext[EventEnvelope[Event], ProjectionContext, Done, ProjectionContext, NotUsed] = {
     val eventConsumerClient = EventConsumerServiceClient(grpcClientSettings)