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diff --git a/lib/base64.c b/lib/base64.c
index 9ef5f03f3..4dbd80a1c 100644
--- a/lib/base64.c
+++ b/lib/base64.c
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ isbase64 (char ch)
    otherwise.  If *OUTLEN is too small, as many bytes as possible will
    be written to OUT.  On return, *OUTLEN holds the length of decoded
    bytes in OUT.  Note that as soon as any non-alphabet characters are
-   encountered, decoding is stopped and false is returned. */
+   encountered, decoding is stopped and false is returned.  This means
+   that, when applicable, you must remove any line terminators that is
+   part of the data stream before calling this function.  */
 bool
 base64_decode (const char *restrict in, size_t inlen,
 	       char *restrict out, size_t *outlen)