diff --git a/tls.go b/tls.go
index 0be0b42912eeff..25dc386f53c8c9 100644
--- a/tls.go
+++ b/tls.go
@@ -170,10 +170,11 @@ func Dial(network, addr string, config *Config) (*Conn, error) {
 	return DialWithDialer(new(net.Dialer), network, addr, config)
 }
 
-// LoadX509KeyPair reads and parses a public/private key pair from a pair of
-// files. The files must contain PEM encoded data. On successful return,
-// Certificate.Leaf will be nil because the parsed form of the certificate is
-// not retained.
+// LoadX509KeyPair reads and parses a public/private key pair from a pair
+// of files. The files must contain PEM encoded data. The certificate file
+// may contain intermediate certificates following the leaf certificate to
+// form a certificate chain. On successful return, Certificate.Leaf will
+// be nil because the parsed form of the certificate is not retained.
 func LoadX509KeyPair(certFile, keyFile string) (Certificate, error) {
 	certPEMBlock, err := ioutil.ReadFile(certFile)
 	if err != nil {