diff --git a/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py b/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py
index 3ebb09c1123..23057f2a536 100644
--- a/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py
+++ b/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ def lcl(pressure, temperature, dewpt, max_iters=50, eps=1e-5):
     r"""Calculate the lifted condensation level (LCL) using from the starting point.
 
     The starting state for the parcel is defined by `temperature`, `dewpt`,
-    and `pressure`.
+    and `pressure`. If these are arrays, this function will return a LCL
+    for every index. This function does work with surface grids as a result.
 
     Parameters
     ----------