diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Notifications/IManagedNotificationManager.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Notifications/IManagedNotificationManager.cs
index ba018b956e..03c2fe85b8 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Notifications/IManagedNotificationManager.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Notifications/IManagedNotificationManager.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Notifications
/// Represents a notification manager that can show arbitrary content.
/// Managed notification managers can show any content.
///
+ ///
+ /// Because notification managers of this type are implemented purely in managed code, they
+ /// can display arbitrary content, as opposed to notification managers which display notifications
+ /// using the host operating system's notification mechanism.
+ ///
public interface IManagedNotificationManager : INotificationManager
{
///