In this paper we prove a
uniqueness theorem for the Cauchy problem of the Navier-Stokes equations under the
assumption on the gradient of pressure ∇p that it either belongs to some Lq space for
some q ∈ (1,∞) or tends to zero at large spatial distances. As shown by means of a
counterexample, in the class where uniqueness is proven the above hypotheses cannot
be relaxed to ∇p only bounded.