diff --git a/docs/api/module/advanced_fields.md b/docs/api/module/advanced_fields.md
index 7343aa80..2835e242 100644
--- a/docs/api/module/advanced_fields.md
+++ b/docs/api/module/advanced_fields.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Positive(eqx.Module):
 
 This method has three key differences compared to the `__post_init__` provided by dataclasses:
 
-- It is not overridden by an `__init__` method of a subclass. In contrast, the following code has a silent bug:
+- It is not overridden by an `__init__` method of a subclass. In contrast, the following code has a bug (Equinox will raise a warning if you do this):
     
     ```python
     class Parent(eqx.Module):
diff --git a/equinox/_module.py b/equinox/_module.py
index a9e69085..e5c48684 100644
--- a/equinox/_module.py
+++ b/equinox/_module.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import functools as ft
 import inspect
 import types
+import warnings
 import weakref
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any, cast, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, Union
@@ -172,7 +173,37 @@ def __new__(mcs, name, bases, dict_, /, strict: bool = False, **kwargs):
                 assert name == "Module"
                 _init = True  # eqx.Module itself
         if _init:
+            # Dataclass-generated __init__
             init_doc = cls.__init__.__doc__
+        if not _init:
+            # User-provided __init__
+            # _Initable check to avoid printing out another warning on initialisation.
+            if getattr(cls, "__post_init__", None) is not None and not issubclass(
+                cls, _Initable
+            ):
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Class `{cls.__module__}.{cls.__qualname__}` has both an "
+                    "`__init__` method and a `__post_init__` method. This means that "
+                    "the `__post_init__` method will not be run!\n"
+                    "The reason for this is that `__post_init__` is intended to be "
+                    "used with the automatically-generated `__init__` method provided "
+                    "by Python dataclasses, which are generated of the form:\n"
+                    "```\n"
+                    "def __init__(self, field1, field2)\n"
+                    "    self.field1 = field1\n"
+                    "    self.field2 = field2\n"
+                    "    self.__post_init__()\n"
+                    "```\n"
+                    "and as such a user-provided `__init__` overrides both the setting "
+                    "of fields, and the calling of `__post_init__`.\n"
+                    "The above is purely how Python dataclasses work, and has nothing "
+                    "to do with Equinox!\n"
+                    "If you are using `__post_init__` to check that certain invariants "
+                    "hold, then consider using `__check_init__` instead. This is an "
+                    "Equinox-specific extension that is always ran. See here for more "
+                    "details: "
+                    "https://docs.kidger.site/equinox/api/module/advanced_fields/#checking-invariants"  # noqa: E501
+                )
         # [Step 5] Register as a dataclass.
         cls = dataclass(eq=False, repr=False, frozen=True, init=_init)(
             cls  # pyright: ignore
@@ -317,6 +348,10 @@ def __get__(self, instance, owner):
 }
 
 
+class _Initable:
+    pass
+
+
 @ft.lru_cache(maxsize=128)
 def _make_initable(cls: _ModuleMeta, wraps: bool) -> _ModuleMeta:
     if wraps:
@@ -326,7 +361,7 @@ def _make_initable(cls: _ModuleMeta, wraps: bool) -> _ModuleMeta:
             field.name for field in dataclasses.fields(cls)  # pyright: ignore
         }
 
-    class _InitableModule(cls):  # pyright: ignore
+    class _InitableModule(cls, _Initable):  # pyright: ignore
         pass
 
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
diff --git a/tests/test_module.py b/tests/test_module.py
index 4d31282f..83f50360 100644
--- a/tests/test_module.py
+++ b/tests/test_module.py
@@ -552,3 +552,30 @@ class Abstract3(eqx.Module, strict=True):
             @abc.abstractmethod
             def foo(self):
                 pass
+
+
+def test_post_init_warning():
+    class A(eqx.Module):
+        called = False
+
+        def __post_init__(self):
+            type(self).called = True
+
+    with pytest.warns(
+        UserWarning, match="test_module.test_post_init_warning.<locals>.B"
+    ):
+
+        class B(A):
+            def __init__(self):
+                pass
+
+    with pytest.warns(
+        UserWarning, match="test_module.test_post_init_warning.<locals>.C"
+    ):
+
+        class C(B):
+            pass
+
+    B()
+    C()
+    assert not A.called