diff --git a/src/core/iomgr/pollset_posix.h b/src/core/iomgr/pollset_posix.h
index 3da025151d7..cdcb9951675 100644
--- a/src/core/iomgr/pollset_posix.h
+++ b/src/core/iomgr/pollset_posix.h
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ void grpc_pollset_add_fd(grpc_pollset *pollset, struct grpc_fd *fd);
 void grpc_pollset_del_fd(grpc_pollset *pollset, struct grpc_fd *fd);
 
 /* Force any current pollers to break polling: it's the callers responsibility
-   to ensure that the pollset indeed needs to be kicked.
+   to ensure that the pollset indeed needs to be kicked - no verification that
+   the pollset is actually performing polling work is done. At worst this will
+   result in spurious wakeups if performed at the wrong moment.
    Does not touch pollset->mu. */
 void grpc_pollset_force_kick(grpc_pollset *pollset);
 /* Returns the fd to listen on for kicks */