diff --git a/docs/topics/request-response.rst b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
index 89e570028..8f2504a33 100644
--- a/docs/topics/request-response.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
@@ -685,8 +685,10 @@ Response objects
     .. attribute:: Response.ip_address
 
         The IP address of the server from which the Response originated.
+        
         This attribute is currently only populated by the HTTP 1.1 download
-        handler, i.e. for ``http(s)`` responses.
+        handler, i.e. for ``http(s)`` responses. For other handlers, 
+        :attr:`ip_address` is always ``None``.
 
     .. method:: Response.copy()