diff --git a/src/time/time.go b/src/time/time.go
index 6579639740..02452d1c1f 100644
--- a/src/time/time.go
+++ b/src/time/time.go
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 // readings. If either t or u contains no monotonic clock reading, these
 // operations fall back to using the wall clock readings.
 //
+// On some systems the monotonic clock will stop if the computer goes to sleep.
+// On such a system, t.Sub(u) may not accurately reflect the actual
+// time that passed between t and u.
+//
 // Because the monotonic clock reading has no meaning outside
 // the current process, the serialized forms generated by t.GobEncode,
 // t.MarshalBinary, t.MarshalJSON, and t.MarshalText omit the monotonic