diff --git a/Headers/Foundation/NSURLConnection.h b/Headers/Foundation/NSURLConnection.h
index dab5b716a..35bc816f9 100644
--- a/Headers/Foundation/NSURLConnection.h
+++ b/Headers/Foundation/NSURLConnection.h
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ extern "C" {
  * method, so the thread must run its current run loop
  * (in NSDefaultRunLoopMode) for processing to continue/complete.<br />
  * The delegate will receive callbacks informing it of the progress
- * of the load.
+ * of the load.<br />
+ * This method breaks with convention and retains the delegate object,
+ * releasing it when the connection finished loading, fails, or is cancelled.
  */
 - (id) initWithRequest: (NSURLRequest *)request delegate: (id)delegate;
 
diff --git a/Source/NSURLConnection.m b/Source/NSURLConnection.m
index 6bf0d7cae..697dc1f11 100644
--- a/Source/NSURLConnection.m
+++ b/Source/NSURLConnection.m
@@ -218,9 +218,10 @@ typedef struct
 	    }
 	}
 
-      /* According to bug #35686, Cocoa has a bizarre deviation from the convention
-       * that delegates are not retained here.  For compatibility we retain the
-       * delegate and release it aggain when the operation is over.
+      /* According to bug #35686, Cocoa has a bizarre deviation from the
+       * convention that delegates are not retained here.
+       * For compatibility we retain the delegate and release it again
+       * when the operation is over.
        */
       this->_delegate = [delegate retain];
       this->_protocol = [[NSURLProtocol alloc]