diff --git a/staging/tearing-control/tearing-control-v1.xml b/staging/tearing-control/tearing-control-v1.xml
index 0d4dc67..9c44fbf 100644
--- a/staging/tearing-control/tearing-control-v1.xml
+++ b/staging/tearing-control/tearing-control-v1.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
       presentation with tearing.
       The default presentation hint is vsync. See presentation_hint for more
       details.
+
+      If the associated wl_surface is destroyed, this object becomes inert and
+      should be destroyed.
     </description>
 
     <enum name="presentation_hint">