diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/dump.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/dump.rs
index 233732a1f85..f584d2e180e 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/dump.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/dump.rs
@@ -151,12 +151,9 @@ impl BacktraceFrame {
     }
 }
 
-/// A backtrace. This is similar to [`backtrace::Backtrace`],
-/// but is a separate struct to avoid public dependency issues.
+/// A captured backtrace.
 ///
-/// This struct is guaranteed to be pure data and operations involving
-/// it will not call platform functions that take an unpredictable amount
-/// of time to finish.
+/// This struct provides access to each backtrace frame, similar to [`backtrace::Backtrace`].
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Backtrace {
     frames: Box<[BacktraceFrame]>,