diff --git a/docs/design_pattern/mapreduce.md b/docs/design_pattern/mapreduce.md
index b8a2975..de680e3 100644
--- a/docs/design_pattern/mapreduce.md
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@@ -67,4 +67,7 @@ shared = {
 flow.run(shared)
 print("Individual Summaries:", shared["file_summaries"])
 print("\nFinal Summary:\n", shared["all_files_summary"])
-```
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+```
+
+> **Performance Tip**: The example above works sequentially. You can speed up the map phase by running it in parallel. See [(Advanced) Parallel](../core_abstraction/parallel.md) for more details.
+{: .note }
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