diff --git a/src/net/http/filetransport.go b/src/net/http/filetransport.go
index 7384b22fbe9..b08bae63487 100644
--- a/src/net/http/filetransport.go
+++ b/src/net/http/filetransport.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewFileTransport(fs FileSystem) RoundTripper {
 // NewFileTransportFS returns a new [RoundTripper], serving the provided
 // file system fsys. The returned RoundTripper ignores the URL host in its
 // incoming requests, as well as most other properties of the
-// request.
+// request. The files provided by fsys must implement [io.Seeker].
 //
 // The typical use case for NewFileTransportFS is to register the "file"
 // protocol with a [Transport], as in:
diff --git a/src/net/http/fs.go b/src/net/http/fs.go
index 70653550f02..3a716fbd2cc 100644
--- a/src/net/http/fs.go
+++ b/src/net/http/fs.go
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ func ServeFile(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, name string) {
 
 // ServeFileFS replies to the request with the contents
 // of the named file or directory from the file system fsys.
+// The files provided by fsys must implement [io.Seeker].
 //
 // If the provided name is constructed from user input, it should be
 // sanitized before calling [ServeFileFS].
@@ -965,6 +966,7 @@ func FileServer(root FileSystem) Handler {
 
 // FileServerFS returns a handler that serves HTTP requests
 // with the contents of the file system fsys.
+// The files provided by fsys must implement [io.Seeker].
 //
 // As a special case, the returned file server redirects any request
 // ending in "/index.html" to the same path, without the final