diff --git a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
index bf252fbb44..c505551935 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/geometry.js
@@ -170,9 +170,11 @@ ol.geom.Geometry.prototype.getExtent = function(opt_extent) {
 
 
 /**
- * Create a simplified version of this geometry using the {@link
+ * Create a simplified version of this geometry.  For linestrings, this uses
+ * the the {@link
  * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramer%E2%80%93Douglas%E2%80%93Peucker_algorithm
- * Douglas Peucker} algorithm.
+ * Douglas Peucker} algorithm.  For polygons, a quantization-based
+ * simplification is used to preserve topology.
  * @function
  * @param {number} tolerance The tolerance distance for simplification.
  * @return {ol.geom.Geometry} A new, simplified version of the original