diff --git a/src/os/file.go b/src/os/file.go
index 7995de79bf..9f8c82718b 100644
--- a/src/os/file.go
+++ b/src/os/file.go
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ func (f *File) WriteAt(b []byte, off int64) (n int, err error) {
 // relative to the current offset, and 2 means relative to the end.
 // It returns the new offset and an error, if any.
 // The behavior of Seek on a file opened with O_APPEND is not specified.
+//
+// If f is a directory, the behavior of Seek varies by operating
+// system; you can seek to the beginning of the directory on Unix-like
+// operating systems, but not on Windows.
 func (f *File) Seek(offset int64, whence int) (ret int64, err error) {
 	if err := f.checkValid("seek"); err != nil {
 		return 0, err