diff --git a/location/java/android/location/LocationRequest.java b/location/java/android/location/LocationRequest.java
index 3046cfd7c32bb..d0706c6b84cb9 100644
--- a/location/java/android/location/LocationRequest.java
+++ b/location/java/android/location/LocationRequest.java
@@ -74,19 +74,27 @@ public final class LocationRequest implements Parcelable {
 
     /**
      * A quality constant indicating a location provider may choose to satisfy this request by
-     * providing very accurate locations at the expense of potentially increased power usage.
+     * providing very accurate locations at the expense of potentially increased power usage. Each
+     * location provider may interpret this field differently, but as an example, the network
+     * provider may choose to return only wifi based locations rather than cell based locations in
+     * order to have greater accuracy when this flag is present.
      */
     public static final int QUALITY_HIGH_ACCURACY = 100;
 
     /**
      * A quality constant indicating a location provider may choose to satisfy this request by
-     * equally balancing power and accuracy constraints.
+     * equally balancing power and accuracy constraints. Each location provider may interpret this
+     * field differently, but location providers will generally use their default behavior when this
+     * flag is present.
      */
     public static final int QUALITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY = 102;
 
     /**
      * A quality constant indicating a location provider may choose to satisfy this request by
-     * providing less accurate locations in order to save power.
+     * providing less accurate locations in order to save power. Each location provider may
+     * interpret this field differently, but as an example, the network provider may choose to
+     * return cell based locations rather than wifi based locations in order to save power when this
+     * flag is present.
      */
     public static final int QUALITY_LOW_POWER = 104;