diff --git a/standards/application/waku-api.md b/standards/application/waku-api.md
index 03d4bf6..5797cc5 100644
--- a/standards/application/waku-api.md
+++ b/standards/application/waku-api.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ description: "Waku: a private and censorship-resistant message routing library."
 types:
   WakuNode:
     type: object
-    description: "A Waku node instance."
+    description: "A Waku node instance, created by the createNode function and MUST be used in any subsequent API call."
 
   NodeConfig:
     type: object