diff --git a/batch.go b/batch.go
index 53719def..2f85b852 100644
--- a/batch.go
+++ b/batch.go
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ type BatchResults interface {
 	// QueryRow reads the results from the next query in the batch as if the query has been sent with Conn.QueryRow.
 	QueryRow() Row
 
-	// Close closes the batch operation. Any error that occurred during a batch operation may have made it impossible to
-	// resyncronize the connection with the server. In this case the underlying connection will have been closed.
+	// Close closes the batch operation. This must be called before the underlying connection can be used again. Any error
+	// that occurred during a batch operation may have made it impossible to resyncronize the connection with the server.
+	// In this case the underlying connection will have been closed.
 	Close() error
 }
 
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index d0450da8..5515dddc 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -685,7 +685,8 @@ func (c *Conn) QueryRow(ctx context.Context, sql string, args ...interface{}) Ro
 }
 
 // SendBatch sends all queued queries to the server at once. All queries are run in an implicit transaction unless
-// explicit transaction control statements are executed.
+// explicit transaction control statements are executed. The returned BatchResults must be closed before the connection
+// is used again.
 func (c *Conn) SendBatch(ctx context.Context, b *Batch) BatchResults {
 	distinctUnpreparedQueries := map[string]struct{}{}