diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index b127f59..cc93784 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ Caveats
 The database uses a read-only, memory-mapped data file to ensure that
 applications cannot corrupt the database, however, this means that keys and
 values returned from Bolt cannot be changed. Writing to a read-only byte slice
-will cause Go to panic. If you need to work with data returned from a Get() you
-need to first copy it to a new byte slice.
+will cause Go to panic.
+
+Keys and values retrieved from the database are only valid for the life of
+the transaction. When used outside the transaction, these byte slices can
+point to different data or can point to invalid memory which will cause a panic.
+
 
 */
 package bolt