diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Fetch.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Fetch.java
index 11ea83d33f1a..b0e6dcf0aa66 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Fetch.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/annotations/Fetch.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
  * overridden in a given {@linkplain FetchProfile fetch profile}.
  * <p>
  * Note that join fetching is incompatible with lazy fetching, and so
- * {@code @Fetch(JOIN)} implies {@code fetch=EAGER}.
+ * {@code @Fetch(JOIN)} implies {@code fetch=EAGER}, overriding any
+ * explicitly-specified {@code fetch=LAZY} setting.
  *
  * @author Emmanuel Bernard
  *