diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/cdi-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/cdi-reference.adoc
index 4db2098da326c..625ee59faf1f4 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/cdi-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/cdi-reference.adoc
@@ -814,14 +814,49 @@ The extended `BeanConfigurator` accepts either a `io.quarkus.runtime.RuntimeValu
 [source,java]
 ----
 @BuildStep
-@Record(STATIC_INIT)
+@Record(STATIC_INIT) <1>
 SyntheticBeanBuildItem syntheticBean(TestRecorder recorder) {
    return SyntheticBeanBuildItem.configure(Foo.class).scope(Singleton.class)
+                .runtimeValue(recorder.createFoo()) <2>
+                .done();
+}
+----
+<1> By default, a synthetic bean is initialized during `STATIC_INIT`.
+<2> The bean instance is supplied by a value returned from a recorder method.
+
+It is possible to mark a synthetic bean to be initialized during `RUNTIME_INIT`:
+
+.`RUNTIME_INIT` `SyntheticBeanBuildItem` Example
+[source,java]
+----
+@BuildStep
+@Record(RUNTIME_INIT) <1>
+SyntheticBeanBuildItem syntheticBean(TestRecorder recorder) {
+   return SyntheticBeanBuildItem.configure(Foo.class).scope(Singleton.class)
+                .setRuntimeInit() <2>
                 .runtimeValue(recorder.createFoo())
                 .done();
 }
 ----
+<1> The recorder must be executed in the `ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT` phase.
+<2> The bean instance is initialized during `RUNTIME_INIT`.
 
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+Synthetic bean initialized during `RUNTIME_INIT` must not be accessed during `STATIC_INIT`. `RUNTIME_INIT` build steps that access a runtime-init synthetic bean should consume the `SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem`:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+@BuildStep
+@Record(RUNTIME_INIT) 
+@Consume(SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem.class) <1>
+void accessFoo(TestRecorder recorder) {
+   recorder.foo(); <2>
+}
+----
+<1> This build step must be executed after `syntheticBean()` completes.
+<2> This recorder method results in an invocation of the `Foo` bean instance.
+====
 
 === Annotation Transformations
 
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeanBuildItem.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeanBuildItem.java
index e9a9df065be05..ec38029f39620 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeanBuildItem.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeanBuildItem.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * Makes it possible to register a synthetic bean whose instance can be easily produced through a recorder.
  * 
  * @see BeanConfigurator
+ * @see ExtendedBeanConfigurator#setRuntimeInit()
  */
 public final class SyntheticBeanBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
 
@@ -83,9 +84,14 @@ public ExtendedBeanConfigurator runtimeValue(RuntimeValue<?> runtimeValue) {
         /**
          * By default, synthetic beans are initialized during {@link ExecutionTime#STATIC_INIT}. It is possible to mark a
          * synthetic bean to be initialized during {@link ExecutionTime#RUNTIME_INIT}. However, in such case a client that
-         * attempts to obtain such bean during {@link ExecutionTime#STATIC_INIT} will receive an exception.
+         * attempts to obtain such bean during {@link ExecutionTime#STATIC_INIT} or before runtime-init synthetic beans are
+         * initialized will receive an exception.
+         * <p>
+         * {@link ExecutionTime#RUNTIME_INIT} build steps that access a runtime-init synthetic bean should consume the
+         * {@link SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem}.
          * 
          * @return self
+         * @see SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem
          */
         public ExtendedBeanConfigurator setRuntimeInit() {
             this.staticInit = false;
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansProcessor.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansProcessor.java
index 0498d1d218cb6..857bec58f595b 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansProcessor.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ private void initSyntheticBean(ArcRecorder recorder, Map<String, Supplier<?>> su
         }
         beanRegistration.getContext().configure(implClazz)
                 .read(bean.configurator())
-                .creator(creator(name))
+                .creator(creator(name, bean))
                 .done();
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ private String createName(String beanClass, String qualifiers) {
                 + HashUtil.sha1(qualifiers);
     }
 
-    private Consumer<MethodCreator> creator(String name) {
+    private Consumer<MethodCreator> creator(String name, SyntheticBeanBuildItem bean) {
         return new Consumer<MethodCreator>() {
             @Override
             public void accept(MethodCreator m) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public void accept(MethodCreator m) {
                         m.load(name));
                 // Throw an exception if no supplier is found
                 m.ifNull(supplier).trueBranch().throwException(CreationException.class,
-                        "Synthetic bean instance not initialized yet: " + name);
+                        createMessage(name, bean));
                 ResultHandle result = m.invokeInterfaceMethod(
                         MethodDescriptor.ofMethod(Supplier.class, "get", Object.class),
                         supplier);
@@ -99,4 +99,18 @@ public void accept(MethodCreator m) {
         };
     }
 
+    private String createMessage(String name, SyntheticBeanBuildItem bean) {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("Synthetic bean instance for ");
+        builder.append(bean.configurator().getImplClazz());
+        builder.append(" not initialized yet: ");
+        builder.append(name);
+        if (!bean.isStaticInit()) {
+            builder.append("\n\t- a synthetic bean initialized during RUNTIME_INIT must not be accessed during STATIC_INIT");
+            builder.append(
+                    "\n\t- RUNTIME_INIT build steps that require access to synthetic beans initialized during RUNTIME_INIT should consume the SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem");
+        }
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem.java b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem.java
index 9857f0ce84640..ac094c35ef22f 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem.java
+++ b/extensions/arc/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/arc/deployment/SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 /**
  * This build item should be consumed by build steps that require RUNTIME_INIT synthetic beans to be initialized.
+ * 
+ * @see SyntheticBeanBuildItem
  */
 public final class SyntheticBeansRuntimeInitBuildItem extends EmptyBuildItem {