diff --git a/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php b/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php
index baa9c404b5a..2c3b070252b 100644
--- a/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php
+++ b/includes/Revision/RevisionRecord.php
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ abstract class RevisionRecord {
 	 *
 	 * @throws RevisionAccessException if the slot does not exist or slot data
 	 *        could not be lazy-loaded.
-	 * @return SlotRecord The slot meta-data. If access to the slot content is forbidden,
+	 * @return SlotRecord The slot meta-data. If access to the slot's content is forbidden,
 	 *         calling getContent() on the SlotRecord will throw an exception.
 	 */
 	public function getSlot( $role, $audience = self::FOR_PUBLIC, User $user = null ) {
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ abstract class RevisionRecord {
 	/**
 	 * Returns the slots defined for this revision.
 	 *
+	 * @note This provides access to slot content with no audience checks applied.
+	 * Calling getContent() on the RevisionSlots object returned here, or on any
+	 * SlotRecord it returns from getSlot(), will not fail due to access restrictions.
+	 * If audience checks are desired, use getSlot( $role, $audience, $user )
+	 * or getContent( $role, $audience, $user ) instead.
+	 *
 	 * @return RevisionSlots
 	 */
 	public function getSlots() {
diff --git a/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php b/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php
index 661137a8dc1..8db9fb37091 100644
--- a/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php
+++ b/includes/Revision/RevisionSlots.php
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ use Wikimedia\Assert\Assert;
 /**
  * Value object representing the set of slots belonging to a revision.
  *
+ * @note RevisionSlots provides "raw" access to the slots and does not apply audience checks.
+ * If audience checks are desired, use RevisionRecord::getSlot() or RevisionRecord::getContent()
+ * instead.
+ *
  * @since 1.31
  * @since 1.32 Renamed from MediaWiki\Storage\RevisionSlots
  */
@@ -82,10 +86,12 @@ class RevisionSlots {
 	 * Note that for mutable Content objects, each call to this method will return a
 	 * fresh clone.
 	 *
+	 * @see SlotRecord::getContent()
+	 *
 	 * @param string $role The role name of the desired slot
 	 *
 	 * @throws RevisionAccessException if the slot does not exist or slot data
-	 *        could not be lazy-loaded.
+	 *        could not be lazy-loaded. See SlotRecord::getContent() for details.
 	 * @return Content
 	 */
 	public function getContent( $role ) {