diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h b/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h
index 57e5fa77..fa6488d1 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/periodic_worker.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //
 // RAII over the owned thread:
 //    creates the thread on construction.
-//    stops and joins the thread on destruction.
+//    stops and joins the thread on destruction (if the thread is executing a callback, wait for it to finish first).
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>