diff --git a/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/task.py b/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/task.py
index ba84762d..67d68d5f 100644
--- a/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/task.py
+++ b/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/task.py
@@ -208,8 +208,13 @@ def apply_async_with_future(
         **options: Any,
     ) -> ProducerFuture | None:
         """
-        Schedule a task and return the producer future for callers that need to
-        wait on delivery alongside other Kafka produces.
+        Schedule a task and return the producer future.
+
+        This does not wait for delivery. Callers that need delivery confirmation
+        must wait on the returned future themselves. Callers that do not need the
+        future should use apply_async(). Ignoring the returned future does not
+        cancel or prevent the produce; the task activation has already been
+        handed to the producer.
         """
         activation, args, kwargs = self._create_activation_for_async_dispatch(
             args=args, kwargs=kwargs, headers=headers, expires=expires, countdown=countdown