diff --git a/include/grpc++/support/async_stream.h b/include/grpc++/support/async_stream.h
index b4dae30cd5d..823fcd2e8e1 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/support/async_stream.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/support/async_stream.h
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ class AsyncWriterInterface {
 
   /// Request the writing of \a msg with identifying tag \a tag.
   ///
+  /// Only one write may be outstanding at any given time. This means that
+  /// after calling Write, one must wait to receive \a tag from the completion
+  /// queue BEFORE calling Write again.
+  ///
   /// \param[in] msg The message to be written.
   /// \param[in] tag The tag identifying the operation.
   virtual void Write(const W& msg, void* tag) = 0;