diff --git a/gio/gtlsclientconnection.c b/gio/gtlsclientconnection.c
index e0e5945eb..d41d0c2eb 100644
--- a/gio/gtlsclientconnection.c
+++ b/gio/gtlsclientconnection.c
@@ -351,12 +351,34 @@ g_tls_client_connection_get_accepted_cas (GTlsClientConnection *conn)
  * @conn: a #GTlsClientConnection
  * @source: a #GTlsClientConnection
  *
- * Copies session state from one connection to another. This is
- * not normally needed, but may be used when the same session
- * needs to be used between different endpoints as is required
- * by some protocols such as FTP over TLS. @source should have
- * already completed a handshake, and @conn should not have
- * completed a handshake.
+ * Possibly copies session state from one connection to another, for use
+ * in TLS session resumption. This is not normally needed, but may be
+ * used when the same session needs to be used between different
+ * endpoints, as is required by some protocols, such as FTP over TLS.
+ * @source should have already completed a handshake and, since TLS 1.3,
+ * it should have been used to read data at least once. @conn should not
+ * have completed a handshake.
+ *
+ * It is not possible to know whether a call to this function will
+ * actually do anything. Because session resumption is normally used
+ * only for performance benefit, the TLS backend might not implement
+ * this function. Even if implemented, it may not actually succeed in
+ * allowing @conn to resume @source's TLS session, because the server
+ * may not have sent a session resumption token to @source, or it may
+ * refuse to accept the token from @conn. There is no way to know
+ * whether a call to this function is actually successful.
+ *
+ * Using this function is not required to benefit from session
+ * resumption. If the TLS backend supports session resumption, the
+ * session will be resumed automatically if it is possible to do so
+ * without weakening the privacy guarantees normally provided by TLS,
+ * without need to call this function. For example, with TLS 1.3,
+ * a session ticket will be automatically copied from any
+ * #GTlsClientConnection that has previously received session tickets
+ * from the server, provided a ticket is available that has not
+ * previously been used for session resumption, since session ticket
+ * reuse would be a privacy weakness. Using this function causes the
+ * ticket to be copied without regard for privacy considerations.
  *
  * Since: 2.46
  */