diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
index b69ed7e4492e77..50cc2a18d29875 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/process.py
@@ -862,7 +862,9 @@ def terminate_workers(self, signal=signal.SIGTERM):
         Iterates through all of the current processes and sends the given signal if
         the process is still alive.
 
-        After terminating workers, the pool will be in a broken state and no longer usable.
+        After terminating workers, the pool will be in a broken state
+        and no longer usable (for instance, new tasks should not be
+        submitted).
 
         Args:
             signal: The signal to send to each worker process. Defaults to