diff --git a/src/pkg/debug/dwarf/open.go b/src/pkg/debug/dwarf/open.go
index 9543297e189..37a518b6d37 100644
--- a/src/pkg/debug/dwarf/open.go
+++ b/src/pkg/debug/dwarf/open.go
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ type Data struct {
 }
 
 // New returns a new Data object initialized from the given parameters.
-// Clients should typically use [TODO(rsc): method to be named later] instead of calling
-// New directly.
+// Rather than calling this function directly, clients should typically use
+// the DWARF method of the File type of the appropriate package debug/elf,
+// debug/macho, or debug/pe.
 //
 // The []byte arguments are the data from the corresponding debug section
 // in the object file; for example, for an ELF object, abbrev is the contents of