diff --git a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
index b5918e3063d86..02d4dce557a3d 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -15751,7 +15751,11 @@ Semantics:
 """"""""""
 
 This function returns the same values as the libm ``rint`` functions
-would, and handles error conditions in the same way.
+would, and handles error conditions in the same way. Since LLVM assumes the
+:ref:`default floating-point environment <floatenv>`, the rounding mode is
+assumed to be set to "nearest", so halfway cases are rounded to the even
+integer. Use :ref:`Constrained Floating-Point Intrinsics <constrainedfp>`
+to avoid that assumption.
 
 .. _int_nearbyint:
 
@@ -15789,7 +15793,11 @@ Semantics:
 """"""""""
 
 This function returns the same values as the libm ``nearbyint``
-functions would, and handles error conditions in the same way.
+functions would, and handles error conditions in the same way. Since LLVM
+assumes the :ref:`default floating-point environment <floatenv>`, the rounding
+mode is assumed to be set to "nearest", so halfway cases are rounded to the even
+integer. Use :ref:`Constrained Floating-Point Intrinsics <constrainedfp>` to
+avoid that assumption.
 
 .. _int_round: