diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
index aaa28282f5223afe82c0b6ed5b4f7323bf6341e0..02d61e1ce457e81270510805b43804fa94be5ff0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/slaves/SlaveComputer.java
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ public class SlaveComputer extends Computer {
 
     /**
      * Sets up the connection through an existing channel.
-     *
+     * @param channel the channel to use; <strong>warning:</strong> callers are expected to have called {@link ChannelConfigurator} already
      * @since 1.444
      */
     public void setChannel(Channel channel, OutputStream launchLog, Channel.Listener listener) throws IOException, InterruptedException {