diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/meth.rs b/src/librustc_trans/meth.rs
index e958795570e..ee2f24d21e0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/meth.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/meth.rs
@@ -116,9 +116,11 @@ pub fn trans_object_shim<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &'a CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
     llfn
 }
 
-/// Creates a returns a dynamic vtable for the given type and vtable origin.
+/// Creates a dynamic vtable for the given type and vtable origin.
 /// This is used only for objects.
 ///
+/// The vtables are cached instead of created on every call.
+///
 /// The `trait_ref` encodes the erased self type. Hence if we are
 /// making an object `Foo<Trait>` from a value of type `Foo<T>`, then
 /// `trait_ref` would map `T:Trait`.