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diff --git a/dbus/dbus-connection.c b/dbus/dbus-connection.c
index db625588..552ecfd8 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-connection.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-connection.c
@@ -2381,6 +2381,11 @@ _dbus_connection_block_pending_call (DBusPendingCall *pending)
* Because this connection is shared, no user of the connection
* may call dbus_connection_close(). However, when you are done with the
* connection you should call dbus_connection_unref().
+ *
+ * @note Prefer dbus_connection_open() to dbus_connection_open_private()
+ * unless you have good reason; connections are expensive enough
+ * that it's wasteful to create lots of connections to the same
+ * server.
*
* @param address the address.
* @param error address where an error can be returned.
@@ -2419,7 +2424,12 @@ dbus_connection_open (const char *address,
* (The dbus_connection_close() can be skipped if the
* connection is already known to be disconnected, for example
* if you are inside a handler for the Disconnected signal.)
- *
+ *
+ * @note Prefer dbus_connection_open() to dbus_connection_open_private()
+ * unless you have good reason; connections are expensive enough
+ * that it's wasteful to create lots of connections to the same
+ * server.
+ *
* @param address the address.
* @param error address where an error can be returned.
* @returns new connection, or #NULL on failure.