diff --git a/gio/gdbusserver.c b/gio/gdbusserver.c
index 7f79c6809..b0c57730f 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusserver.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusserver.c
@@ -63,7 +63,13 @@
  * @include: gio/gio.h
  *
  * #GDBusServer is a helper for listening to and accepting D-Bus
- * connections.
+ * connections. This can be used to create a new D-Bus server, allowing two
+ * peers to use the D-Bus protocol for their own specialized communication.
+ * A server instance provided in this way will not perform message routing or
+ * implement the org.freedesktop.DBus interface.
+ *
+ * To just export an object on a well-known name on a message bus, such as the
+ * session or system bus, you should instead use g_bus_own_name().
  *
  * <example id="gdbus-peer-to-peer"><title>D-Bus peer-to-peer example</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gdbus-example-peer.c"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
  */