diff --git a/include/openssl/ssl.h b/include/openssl/ssl.h
index da78d1a..0a1493d 100644
--- a/include/openssl/ssl.h
+++ b/include/openssl/ssl.h
@@ -2410,21 +2410,51 @@
 
 // SSL_CTX_set_verify configures certificate verification behavior. |mode| is
 // one of the |SSL_VERIFY_*| values defined above. |callback|, if not NULL, is
-// used to customize certificate verification. See the behavior of
-// |X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb|.
+// used to customize certificate verification, but is deprecated. See
+// |X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb| for details.
 //
 // The callback may use |SSL_get_ex_data_X509_STORE_CTX_idx| with
 // |X509_STORE_CTX_get_ex_data| to look up the |SSL| from |store_ctx|.
+//
+// WARNING: |callback| should be NULL. This callback does not replace the
+// default certificate verification process and is, instead, called multiple
+// times in the course of that process. It is very difficult to implement this
+// callback safely, without inadvertently relying on implementation details or
+// making incorrect assumptions about when the callback is called.
+//
+// Instead, use |SSL_CTX_set_custom_verify| or
+// |SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback| to customize certificate verification.
+// Those callbacks can inspect the peer-sent chain, call |X509_verify_cert| and
+// inspect the result, or perform other operations more straightforwardly.
+//
+// TODO(crbug.com/boringssl/426): We cite |X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb| but
+// haven't documented it yet. Later that will have a more detailed warning about
+// why one should not use this callback.
 OPENSSL_EXPORT void SSL_CTX_set_verify(
     SSL_CTX *ctx, int mode, int (*callback)(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *store_ctx));
 
 // SSL_set_verify configures certificate verification behavior. |mode| is one of
 // the |SSL_VERIFY_*| values defined above. |callback|, if not NULL, is used to
-// customize certificate verification. See the behavior of
+// customize certificate verification, but is deprecated. See the behavior of
 // |X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb|.
 //
 // The callback may use |SSL_get_ex_data_X509_STORE_CTX_idx| with
 // |X509_STORE_CTX_get_ex_data| to look up the |SSL| from |store_ctx|.
+//
+// WARNING: |callback| should be NULL. This callback does not replace the
+// default certificate verification process and is, instead, called multiple
+// times in the course of that process. It is very difficult to implement this
+// callback safely, without inadvertently relying on implementation details or
+// making incorrect assumptions about when the callback is called.
+//
+// Instead, use |SSL_set_custom_verify| or |SSL_CTX_set_cert_verify_callback| to
+// customize certificate verification. Those callbacks can inspect the peer-sent
+// chain, call |X509_verify_cert| and inspect the result, or perform other
+// operations more straightforwardly.
+//
+// TODO(crbug.com/boringssl/426): We cite |X509_STORE_CTX_set_verify_cb| but
+// haven't documented it yet. Later that will have a more detailed warning about
+// why one should not use this callback.
 OPENSSL_EXPORT void SSL_set_verify(SSL *ssl, int mode,
                                    int (*callback)(int ok,
                                                    X509_STORE_CTX *store_ctx));