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diff --git a/jwcrypto/jws.py b/jwcrypto/jws.py
index e2e97c0..2ed4698 100644
--- a/jwcrypto/jws.py
+++ b/jwcrypto/jws.py
@@ -159,9 +159,12 @@ class _raw_none(_raw_jws):
class JWSCore(object):
def __init__(self, alg, key, header, payload):
- """ Generates or verifies JWS tokens.
+ """ Core JWS token handling.
See draft-ietf-jose-json-web-signature-41
+ NOTE: Users should normally use JWS, not JWSCore,
+ as JWS perform necessary checks not performed by JWSCore.
+
:param alg: The algorithm used to produce the signature.
See draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-24