diff --git a/include/mbedtls/md.h b/include/mbedtls/md.h
index 0b0ec91..7e70778 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/md.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/md.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
  * \brief           This function returns the list of digests supported by the
  *                  generic digest module.
  *
+ * \note            The list starts with the strongest available hashes.
+ *
  * \return          A statically allocated array of digests. Each element
  *                  in the returned list is an integer belonging to the
  *                  message-digest enumeration #mbedtls_md_type_t.