diff --git a/cpukit/include/rtems/chain.h b/cpukit/include/rtems/chain.h
index 4f9f9495d5..6f36a16535 100644
--- a/cpukit/include/rtems/chain.h
+++ b/cpukit/include/rtems/chain.h
@@ -138,8 +138,15 @@ rtems_status_code rtems_chain_get_with_notification(
 );
 
 /**
- * @brief Gets the first @a node of the @a chain and sends the @a events to the
- * @a task if the @a chain is empty afterwards.
+ * @brief Gets the first @a node from the @a chain with an @a events wait if
+ * empty.
+ *
+ * This routine gets the first @a node of the @a chain if it is available,
+ * otherwise it waits for the calling task to receive all @a events and then
+ * tries to get the first node again.  The get and wait is retried indefinitely
+ * until either a node is available or the event receive times out.
+ *
+ * Each event receive starts a new timeout based on the value of @a timeout.
  *
  * @see rtems_chain_get() and rtems_event_receive().
  *