diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h
index 09e487d9f5a..891c7b4b9b0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h
@@ -92,8 +92,19 @@ int BLI_rename(const char *from, const char *to) ATTR_NONNULL();
  */
 int BLI_rename_overwrite(const char *from, const char *to) ATTR_NONNULL();
 /**
- * Deletes the specified file or directory (depending on dir), optionally
- * doing recursive delete of directory contents.
+ * Deletes the specified file or directory.
+ *
+ * \param dir: Delete an empty directory instead of a file.
+ * The value is ignored when `recursive` is true but should true to make the intention clear.
+ * If the directory is not empty, delete fails.
+ * \param recursive: Recursively delete files including `path` which may be a directory of a file.
+ *
+ * \note Symbolic-Links for (UNIX) behave as follows:
+ * - Never followed, treated as regular files.
+ * - Links are removed, not the files/directories they references.
+ * - When `path` itself links to another directory,
+ *   deleting `path` behaves as if a regular file is being deleted.
+ * - If `dir` is true and `path` is a link, delete fails.
  *
  * \return zero on success (matching 'remove' behavior).
  */
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/fileops_c.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/fileops_c.cc
index b90d2009100..2245fbd17b5 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/fileops_c.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/fileops_c.cc
@@ -1089,6 +1089,9 @@ static int recursive_operation_impl(StrBuf *src_buf,
  * prefixing it with path_dst, recursively scanning subdirectories, and invoking the specified
  * callbacks for files and subdirectories found as appropriate.
  *
+ * \note Symbolic links are *not* followed, even when `path_src` links to a directory,
+ * it wont be recursed down. Support for this could be added.
+ *
  * \param path_src: Top-level source path.
  * \param path_dst: Top-level destination path.
  * \param callback_dir_pre: Optional, to be invoked before entering a subdirectory,