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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h
index 868b02882d..d3086aef0a 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/server_context.h
@@ -105,7 +105,15 @@ class ServerContext {
 
   bool IsCancelled() const;
 
-  // Best-effort API to cancel the call from the server.
+  // Cancel the Call from the server. This is a best-effort API and depending on
+  // when this is called, the Call may still appear successful to the client.
+  // For example, if called on a separate thread, it might race with the
+  // server handler which might return success to the client before TryCancel()
+  // was called.
+  //
+  // It is the caller's responsibility to prevent such races and ensure that the
+  // serverhandler returns Status::CANCELLED if TryCancel() is called (unless
+  // the serverhandler is already returning an error code)
   void TryCancel() const;
 
   const std::multimap<grpc::string_ref, grpc::string_ref>& client_metadata() {