diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 6304ff614..8e221c110 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.88 - 
 =================================
+  Warn user about incorrect use of cookie with 'dmsetup remove --force'.
   Also recognize 'help'/'?' as reserved sort key name to show help.
   Export recognized DM_REPORT_FIELD_RESERVED_NAME_{HELP,HELP_ALT} to show help.
   Add dm_units_to_factor for size unit parsing.
diff --git a/man/dmsetup.8.in b/man/dmsetup.8.in
index 599c843d6..ae8448946 100644
--- a/man/dmsetup.8.in
+++ b/man/dmsetup.8.in
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ Specify a one-line table directly on the command line.
 .TP
 .B \-\-udevcookie \fIcookie
 Use cookie for udev synchronisation.
+Note: Same cookie should be used for same type of operations i.e. creation of
+multiple different devices. It's not adviced to combine different
+operations on the single device.
 .TP
 .BR \-u | \-\-uuid
 Specify the uuid.
@@ -429,6 +432,9 @@ process to be killed. If an attempt to remove a device fails,
 perhaps because a process run from a quick udev rule
 temporarily opened the device, the \-\-retry option will cause
 the operation to be retried for a few seconds before failing.
+Do NOT combine \fB\-\-force\fP and \fB\-\-udevcookie\fP,
+as udev may start to process udev rules in the middle of error target
+replacement and result in nondeterministic result.
 .br
 .HP
 .B remove_all
diff --git a/tools/dmsetup.c b/tools/dmsetup.c
index 4433571ec..f84d1a897 100644
--- a/tools/dmsetup.c
+++ b/tools/dmsetup.c
@@ -1498,8 +1498,16 @@ error:
 
 static int _remove(CMD_ARGS)
 {
-	if (_switches[FORCE_ARG] && argc > 1)
+	if (_switches[FORCE_ARG] && argc > 1) {
+		/*
+		 * 'remove --force' option is doing 2 operations on the same device
+		 * this is not compatible with the use of --udevcookie/DM_UDEV_COOKIE.
+		 * Udevd collision could be partially avoided with --retry.
+		 */
+		if (_udev_cookie)
+			log_warn("WARNING: Use of cookie and --force is not compatible.");
 		(void) _error_device(cmd, argc, argv, NULL, 0);
+	}
 
 	return _simple(DM_DEVICE_REMOVE, argc > 1 ? argv[1] : NULL, 0, 0);
 }