diff --git a/include/seqan3/search/views/kmer_hash.hpp b/include/seqan3/search/views/kmer_hash.hpp
index cf20dc0080..8fdc63eba7 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/search/views/kmer_hash.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/search/views/kmer_hash.hpp
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@ namespace seqan3::views
  *
  * See the \link views views submodule documentation \endlink for detailed descriptions of the view properties.
  *
+ * \attention The Shape is defined from right to left! The mask 0b11111101 applied to "AGAAAATA" is 
+ * interpreted as "A.AAAATA" (and not "AGAAAA.A") and will return the hash value for "AAAAATA".
+ *
  * ### Example
  *
  * \include test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.cpp
diff --git a/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.cpp b/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.cpp
index cfa7c8369a..ff7f36fc0d 100644
--- a/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.cpp
+++ b/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.cpp
@@ -14,4 +14,14 @@ int main()
     seqan3::debug_stream << (text | seqan3::views::kmer_hash(seqan3::ungapped{3})) << '\n'; // [6,27,44,50,9]
 
     seqan3::debug_stream << (text | seqan3::views::kmer_hash(0b101_shape)) << '\n'; // [2,7,8,14,1]
+
+    // Attention: the Shape is defined from right to left! 
+    // The mask 0b11111101 applied to "AGAAAATA" ("A.AAAATA") will yield
+    // the same hash value as mask 0b1111111 applied to "AAAAATA".
+    {
+        auto text1 = "AGAAAATA"_dna4;
+        auto text2 = "AAAAATA"_dna4;
+        seqan3::debug_stream << (text1 | seqan3::views::kmer_hash(0b11111101_shape)) << '\n'; // [12]
+        seqan3::debug_stream << (text2 | seqan3::views::kmer_hash(0b1111111_shape)) << '\n';  // [12]
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.err b/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.err
index fcde4abd79..18c85e7662 100644
--- a/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.err
+++ b/test/snippet/search/views/kmer_hash.err
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 [6,27,44,50,9]
 [6,27,44,50,9]
 [2,7,8,14,1]
+[12]
+[12]