diff --git a/core/builtins/src/kotlin/Annotations.kt b/core/builtins/src/kotlin/Annotations.kt
index 6e09a034b7d..def1fb8455a 100644
--- a/core/builtins/src/kotlin/Annotations.kt
+++ b/core/builtins/src/kotlin/Annotations.kt
@@ -130,7 +130,15 @@ public annotation class DslMarker
 
 
 /**
- * Specifies that this part of internal API is effectively public exposed by using in public inline function
+ * When applied to a class or a member with internal visibility allows to use it from public inline functions and
+ * makes it effectively public.
+ *
+ * Public inline functions cannot use non-public API, since if they are inlined, those non-public API references
+ * would violate access restrictions at a call site (http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/inline-functions.html#public-inline-restrictions).
+ *
+ * To overcome this restriction an `internal` declaration can be annotated with the `@PublishedApi` annotation:
+ * - this allows to call that declaration from public inline functions;
+ * - the declaration becomes effectively public, and this should be considered with respect to binary compatibility maintaining.
  */
 @Target(AnnotationTarget.CLASS, AnnotationTarget.CONSTRUCTOR, AnnotationTarget.FUNCTION, AnnotationTarget.PROPERTY)
 @Retention(AnnotationRetention.BINARY)