diff --git a/src/float.rs b/src/float.rs
index 8df3254..4320543 100644
--- a/src/float.rs
+++ b/src/float.rs
@@ -1237,8 +1237,10 @@ pub trait Float
     fn is_sign_negative(self) -> bool;
 
     /// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding
-    /// error. This produces a more accurate result with better performance than
-    /// a separate multiplication operation followed by an add.
+    /// error, yielding a more accurate result than an unfused multiply-add.
+    ///
+    /// Using `mul_add` can be more performant than an unfused multiply-add if
+    /// the target architecture has a dedicated `fma` CPU instruction.
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use num_traits::Float;
diff --git a/src/ops/mul_add.rs b/src/ops/mul_add.rs
index f7cb71f..6e43f2f 100644
--- a/src/ops/mul_add.rs
+++ b/src/ops/mul_add.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-/// The fused multiply-add operation.
-/// Computes (self * a) + b with only one rounding error.
-/// This produces a more accurate result with better performance
-/// than a separate multiplication operation followed by an add.
+/// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding
+/// error, yielding a more accurate result than an unfused multiply-add.
+///
+/// Using `mul_add` can be more performant than an unfused multiply-add if
+/// the target architecture has a dedicated `fma` CPU instruction.
 ///
 /// Note that `A` and `B` are `Self` by default, but this is not mandatory.
 ///
diff --git a/src/real.rs b/src/real.rs
index fb6714a..8c713d3 100644
--- a/src/real.rs
+++ b/src/real.rs
@@ -215,8 +215,10 @@ pub trait Real
     fn is_sign_negative(self) -> bool;
 
     /// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding
-    /// error. This produces a more accurate result with better performance than
-    /// a separate multiplication operation followed by an add.
+    /// error, yielding a more accurate result than an unfused multiply-add.
+    ///
+    /// Using `mul_add` can be more performant than an unfused multiply-add if
+    /// the target architecture has a dedicated `fma` CPU instruction.
     ///
     /// ```
     /// use num_traits::real::Real;