diff --git a/include/SDL_system.h b/include/SDL_system.h
index 5ae9e402f..d5db78fd5 100644
--- a/include/SDL_system.h
+++ b/include/SDL_system.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ extern DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv();
 
 /* Get the SDL Activity object for the application
    This returns jobject, but the prototype is void* so we don't need jni.h
+   The jobject returned by SDL_AndroidGetActivity is a local reference.
+   It is the caller's responsibility to properly release it
+   (using LocalReferenceHolder or manually with env->DeleteLocalRef)
  */
 extern DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_AndroidGetActivity();
 
diff --git a/src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp b/src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp
index 5ab147e2a..6bdf34317 100644
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.cpp
@@ -1130,14 +1130,12 @@ extern "C" void *SDL_AndroidGetJNIEnv()
     return Android_JNI_GetEnv();
 }
 
-/*
- * The jobject returned by SDL_AndroidGetActivity is a local reference.
- * It is the caller's responsibility to properly release it
- * (using LocalReferenceHolder or manually with env->DeleteLocalRef)
- */
+
 
 extern "C" void *SDL_AndroidGetActivity()
 {
+    /* See SDL_system.h for caveats on using this function. */
+    
     jmethodID mid;
 
     JNIEnv *env = Android_JNI_GetEnv();