diff --git a/interface/wx/any.h b/interface/wx/any.h
index af8cc422e1..d9fb09bc5e 100644
--- a/interface/wx/any.h
+++ b/interface/wx/any.h
@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@ public:
                  cannot be converted to a specific data type, wxAny will then
                  hold and manage reference to wxVariantData* similar to how
                  wxVariant does.
+
+                 Note that objects constructed from list-valued variants
+                 require the list to be explicitly cleared using `WX_CLEAR_LIST`
+                 to avoid leaking memory. This unfortunate behaviour will not
+                 be changed to prevent breaking the existing code relying on it.
+
+                 @code
+                 wxVariant vList;
+                 vList.NullList();
+                 vList.Append(15);
+                 vList.Append("abc");
+
+                 // Create wxAny from the list variant.
+                 wxAny any = wxAny(vList);
+
+                 // Clear the list to avoid the memory leak.
+                 wxAnyList anyList = any.As<wxAnyList>();
+                 WX_CLEAR_LIST(wxAnyList, anyList);
+                 @endcode
     */
     wxAny(const wxVariant& variant);
 
diff --git a/tests/any/anytest.cpp b/tests/any/anytest.cpp
index 83b2c5e9bd..08546a2949 100644
--- a/tests/any/anytest.cpp
+++ b/tests/any/anytest.cpp
@@ -652,6 +652,8 @@ void wxAnyTestCase::wxVariantConversions()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(variant.GetCount() == 2);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(variant[0].GetLong() == 15);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(variant[1].GetString() == "abc");
+    // Avoid the memory leak.
+    WX_CLEAR_LIST(wxAnyList, anyList);
 
     any = wxAny(vCustomType);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT(wxANY_CHECK_TYPE(any, wxVariantData*));