diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java
index aa591582dfca7..75b8bcf94d74e 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.java
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ public class WifiManager {
      * <li>allowedGroupCiphers</li>
      * </ul>
      * @return a list of network configurations in the form of a list
-     * of {@link WifiConfiguration} objects.
+     * of {@link WifiConfiguration} objects. Upon failure to fetch or
+     * when when Wi-Fi is turned off, it can be null.
      */
     public List<WifiConfiguration> getConfiguredNetworks() {
         try {