diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 33477f77c92..a1bfb5b5efa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ std_rng = ["rand_chacha", "rand_hc"]
 # Option: enable SmallRng
 small_rng = []
 
-# Option: enable generating random arrays of any size using min-const-generics
+# Option: for rustc ≥ 1.51, enable generating random arrays of any size
+# using min-const-generics
 min_const_gen = []
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/src/distributions/mod.rs b/src/distributions/mod.rs
index 16a6e2412d6..911d1604aae 100644
--- a/src/distributions/mod.rs
+++ b/src/distributions/mod.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ where
 ///     types and tends to be faster for `u32` and smaller types.
 ///     When using `rustc` ≥ 1.51, enable the `min_const_gen` feature to support
 ///     arrays larger than 32 elements.
+///     Note that [`Rng::fill`] and `Standard`'s array support are *not* equivalent:
+///     the former is optimised for integer types (using fewer RNG calls for
+///     element types smaller than the RNG word size), while the latter supports
+///     any element type supported by `Standard`.
 /// *   `Option<T>` first generates a `bool`, and if true generates and returns
 ///     `Some(value)` where `value: T`, otherwise returning `None`.
 ///