diff --git a/axum/src/extract/ws.rs b/axum/src/extract/ws.rs
index 2eb3b2af..d9e7adcd 100644
--- a/axum/src/extract/ws.rs
+++ b/axum/src/extract/ws.rs
@@ -549,11 +549,22 @@ impl WebSocket {
     /// Receive another message.
     ///
     /// Returns `None` if the stream has closed.
+    ///
+    /// This method delegates to [`Stream`].
+    ///
+    /// # Cancel safety
+    ///
+    /// This method is cancel safe. If used as a branch in [`tokio::select!`] and
+    /// another branch completes first, then no message is received.
+    ///
+    /// [`tokio::select!`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/tokio/macro.select.html
     pub async fn recv(&mut self) -> Option<Result<Message, Error>> {
         self.next().await
     }
 
     /// Send a message.
+    ///
+    /// This method delegates to [`Sink`].
     pub async fn send(&mut self, msg: Message) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.inner
             .send(msg.into_tungstenite())