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diff --git a/src/include/openssl/base64.h b/src/include/openssl/base64.h
index ef760886..c88546d7 100644
--- a/src/include/openssl/base64.h
+++ b/src/include/openssl/base64.h
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ extern "C" {
// base64 functions.
//
// For historical reasons, these functions have the EVP_ prefix but just do
-// base64 encoding and decoding.
+// base64 encoding and decoding. Note that BoringSSL is a cryptography library,
+// so these functions are implemented with side channel protections, at a
+// performance cost. For other base64 uses, use a general-purpose base64
+// implementation.
// Encoding