diff --git a/library/std/src/net/udp.rs b/library/std/src/net/udp.rs
index 136803ab16f1f..5da6b38037f0e 100644
--- a/library/std/src/net/udp.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/net/udp.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     /// hold the message bytes. If a message is too long to fit in the supplied buffer,
     /// excess bytes may be discarded.
     ///
+    /// Refer to the platform-specific documentation on this function; it is considered
+    /// correct for its behavior to differ from [`UdpSocket::recv`] if the underlying system
+    /// call does so.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```no_run
@@ -711,6 +715,10 @@ impl UdpSocket {
     /// [`UdpSocket::connect`] will connect this socket to a remote address. This
     /// method will fail if the socket is not connected.
     ///
+    /// Refer to the platform-specific documentation on this function; it is considered
+    /// correct for its behavior to differ from [`UdpSocket::recv_from`] if the underlying
+    /// system call does so.
+    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```no_run