diff --git a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
index 517fcd03..70e72b4a 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/lancedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ aws-sdk-kms = { version = "1.0" }
 aws-config = { version = "1.0" }
 
 [features]
-default = ["remote"]
+default = []
 remote = ["dep:reqwest"]
 fp16kernels = ["lance-linalg/fp16kernels"]
-s3-test = []
\ No newline at end of file
+s3-test = []
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
index b2675c5a..5890f6cf 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/connection.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ use crate::table::{NativeTable, WriteOptions};
 use crate::utils::validate_table_name;
 use crate::Table;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "remote")]
+use log::warn;
+
 pub const LANCE_FILE_EXTENSION: &str = "lance";
 
 pub type TableBuilderCallback = Box<dyn FnOnce(OpenTableBuilder) -> OpenTableBuilder + Send>;
@@ -579,6 +582,7 @@ impl ConnectBuilder {
         let api_key = self.api_key.ok_or_else(|| Error::InvalidInput {
             message: "An api_key is required when connecting to LanceDb Cloud".to_string(),
         })?;
+        warn!("The rust implementation of the remote client is not yet ready for use.");
         let internal = Arc::new(crate::remote::db::RemoteDatabase::try_new(
             &self.uri,
             &api_key,
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/lib.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/lib.rs
index 4b1269e9..4fae0fa6 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@
 //! cargo install lancedb
 //! ```
 //!
+//! ## Crate Features
+//!
+//! ### Experimental Features
+//!
+//! These features are not enabled by default.  They are experimental or in-development features that
+//! are not yet ready to be released.
+//!
+//! - `remote` - Enable remote client to connect to LanceDB cloud.  This is not yet fully implemented
+//!              and should not be enabled.
+//!
 //! ### Quick Start
 //!
 //! #### Connect to a database.