diff --git a/src/ol/format/wfsformat.js b/src/ol/format/wfsformat.js
index 989efdda83..51e2ae9905 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/wfsformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/wfsformat.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ goog.require('ol.xml');
 /**
  * @classdesc
  * Feature format for reading and writing data in the WFS format.
- * Currently only supports WFS version 1.1.0.
+ * By default, supports WFS version 1.1.0. You can pass a GML format
+ * as option if you want to read a WFS that contains GML2 (WFS 1.0.0).
  * Also see {@link ol.format.GMLBase} which is used by this format.
  *
  * @constructor