diff --git a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
index 065a4cc..f2e5916 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/ecp.h
@@ -813,6 +813,9 @@
  *                  intermediate results to prevent potential timing attacks
  *                  targeting these results. We recommend always providing
  *                  a non-NULL \p f_rng. The overhead is negligible.
+ *                  Note: unless #MBEDTLS_ECP_NO_INTERNAL_RNG is defined, when
+ *                  \p f_rng is NULL, an internal RNG (seeded from the value
+ *                  of \p m) will be used instead.
  *
  * \param grp       The ECP group to use.
  *                  This must be initialized and have group parameters