diff --git a/src/wayland/mod.rs b/src/wayland/mod.rs
index aa808ce32ea6..ccdb2d97af51 100644
--- a/src/wayland/mod.rs
+++ b/src/wayland/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 //!
 //! This module contains several handlers to manage the wayland protocol
 //! and the clients.
+//!
+//! Most utilities provided in this module work in the wame way:
+//!
+//! - An init function or method will take the event loop as argument and
+//!   insert one or more globals into it.
+//! - These functions will return the `Global` handles and, if applicable,
+//!   a `StateToken` allowing you to access the associated state value in
+//!   this event loop.
+//! - If you want to remove a previously inserted global, just call the
+//!   `destroy()` method on the associated `Global`. If you don't plan to
+//!   destroy the global at all, you don't need to bother keeping the
+//!   `Global` around.
+//! - You should not remove a state value from the event loop if you have
+//!   not previously destroyed all the globals using it, otherwise you'll
+//!   quickly encounter a panic.
 
 pub mod compositor;
 pub mod output;