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diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/threading/thread.h b/src/libstrongswan/threading/thread.h
index c24772839..35da24459 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/threading/thread.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/threading/thread.h
@@ -97,11 +97,13 @@ thread_t *thread_create(thread_main_t main, void *arg);
thread_t *thread_current();
/**
- * Get the human-readable ID of the current thread.
+ * Get the ID of the current thread.
*
- * The IDs are assigned incrementally starting from 1.
+ * Depending on the build configuration thread IDs are either assigned
+ * incrementally starting from 1, or equal the value returned by an appropriate
+ * syscall (like gettid() or GetCurrentThreadId()), if available.
*
- * @return human-readable ID
+ * @return ID of the current thread
*/
u_int thread_current_id();