diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart
index 3af2f024ac..7da358ef46 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/services/platform_views.dart
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ class AndroidPointerCoords {
 }
 
 /// A Dart version of Android's [MotionEvent](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/MotionEvent).
+///
+/// This is used by [AndroidViewController] to describe pointer events that are forwarded to a platform view
+/// when Flutter receives an event that it determines is to be handled by that platform view rather than by
+/// another Flutter widget.
+///
+/// See also:
+///
+///  * [AndroidViewController.sendMotionEvent], which can be used to send an [AndroidMotionEvent] explicitly.
 class AndroidMotionEvent {
   /// Creates an AndroidMotionEvent.
   ///