diff --git a/src/net/ip.go b/src/net/ip.go
index 4a7774ab38a..db3364c1b31 100644
--- a/src/net/ip.go
+++ b/src/net/ip.go
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ func (ip IP) IsLinkLocalUnicast() bool {
 
 // IsGlobalUnicast reports whether ip is a global unicast
 // address.
+//
+// The identification of global unicast addresses uses address type
+// identification as defined in RFC 1122, RFC 4632 and RFC 4291 with
+// the exception of IPv4 directed broadcast addresses.
+// It returns true even if ip is in IPv4 private address space or
+// local IPv6 unicast address space.
 func (ip IP) IsGlobalUnicast() bool {
 	return (len(ip) == IPv4len || len(ip) == IPv6len) &&
 		!ip.Equal(IPv4bcast) &&