diff --git a/src/slices/slices.go b/src/slices/slices.go
index 857ab46314324b..b3cd4e2c054001 100644
--- a/src/slices/slices.go
+++ b/src/slices/slices.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 // elements equal. If the lengths are different, Equal returns false.
 // Otherwise, the elements are compared in increasing index order, and the
 // comparison stops at the first unequal pair.
+// Empty and nil slices are considered equal.
 // Floating point NaNs are not considered equal.
 func Equal[S ~[]E, E comparable](s1, s2 S) bool {
 	if len(s1) != len(s2) {