diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/servlet/WriteListener.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/servlet/WriteListener.java
index 91d768a2e..e6cac457c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/servlet/WriteListener.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/servlet/WriteListener.java
@@ -40,19 +40,24 @@ public interface WriteListener extends EventListener {
     void onWritePossible() throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Invoked when an error occurs writing data using the non-blocking APIs. This listener will be invoked if there is a
-     * problem with the underlying connection while data is being written to the stream. We consider data to be being
-     * written when any of the following conditions are met:
-     *
+     * Invoked when an error occurs writing data after 
+     * {@link ServletOutputStream#setWriteListener(WriteListener)} has been called. 
+     * This method will be invoked if there is a problem while data is being written to the 
+     * stream and either:
      * <ul>
      * <li>{@link ServletOutputStream#isReady()} has been invoked and returned false</li>
-     * <li>{@link ServletOutputStream#close()} has been called, and the failure occurred before the response could be fully
-     * written to the client</li>
+     * <li>{@link ServletOutputStream#close()} has been called, and the failure occurred before 
+     * the response could be fully written to the client</li>
      * </ul>
      *
-     * If these conditions are not met and the stream is still open then any failure notification will not be delivered
-     * until {@link ServletOutputStream#isReady()} is invoked. {@code isReady} must return false in this situation, and then
-     * the failure will be delivered to the {@link #onError(Throwable)} method.
+     * If these conditions are not met and the stream is still open then any failure
+     * notification will be delivered either:
+     * by an exception thrown from a {@code IO} operation after an invocation of 
+     * {@link ServletOutputStream#isReady()} has returned {@code true}; or by a call to this method 
+     * after an invocation of {@link ServletOutputStream#isReady()} has returned {@code false};
+     * <p>
+     * This method will not be invoked in any circumstances after 
+     * {@link AsyncListener#onComplete(AsyncEvent)} has been called.
      *
      * @param t the throwable to indicate why the write operation failed
      */