diff --git a/protoc-gen-go/grpc/grpc.go b/protoc-gen-go/grpc/grpc.go
index 1723680a8b..e168e2d0ae 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-go/grpc/grpc.go
+++ b/protoc-gen-go/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -303,6 +303,19 @@ func (g *grpc) generateClientMethod(servName, fullServName, serviceDescVar strin
 	if method.GetOptions().GetDeprecated() {
 		g.P(deprecationComment)
 	}
+	streamType := unexport(servName) + methName + "Client"
+	g.P(fmt.Sprintf(`// The ctx passed in will be used for the lifetime of this object.
+//
+// To ensure resources are not leaked due to the stream returned, one of the following
+// actions must be performed when processing on this object is completed:
+//
+// 1. call CloseSend on %s,
+// 2. cancel the context provided,
+// 3. call RecvMsg until a non-nil error is returned, or
+// 4. receive a non-nil, non-io.EOF error from Header or SendMsg.
+//
+// If none of the above happen, a goroutine and a context will be leaked, and grpc
+// will not call the optionally-configured stats handler with a stats.End message.`, streamType))
 	g.P("func (c *", unexport(servName), "Client) ", g.generateClientSignature(servName, method), "{")
 	if !method.GetServerStreaming() && !method.GetClientStreaming() {
 		g.P("out := new(", outType, ")")
@@ -314,7 +327,6 @@ func (g *grpc) generateClientMethod(servName, fullServName, serviceDescVar strin
 		g.P()
 		return
 	}
-	streamType := unexport(servName) + methName + "Client"
 	g.P("stream, err := ", grpcPkg, ".NewClientStream(ctx, ", descExpr, `, c.cc, "`, sname, `", opts...)`)
 	g.P("if err != nil { return nil, err }")
 	g.P("x := &", streamType, "{stream}")