diff --git a/include/secp256k1_whitelist.h b/include/secp256k1_whitelist.h
index 760b719a..e2f82173 100644
--- a/include/secp256k1_whitelist.h
+++ b/include/secp256k1_whitelist.h
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_whitelist_signature_serialize(
  *     online_i + H(offline_i + whitelist)(offline_i + whitelist)
  * for each public key pair (offline_i, offline_i). Here H means sha256 of the
  * compressed serialization of the key.
+ *
+ * See secp256k1_whitelist_verify for the rationale on the degenerate destination W = -P_i.
  */
 SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_whitelist_sign(
   const secp256k1_context *ctx,
@@ -135,6 +137,13 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_whitelist_sign(
  *         offline_pubkeys: list of all offline pubkeys
  *         n_keys: the number of entries in each of the above two arrays
  *         sub_pubkey: the key to be whitelisted
+ *
+ *  When the destination W equals -P_i for a whitelisted offline key, the tweak
+ *  degenerates and the ring key collapses to K_i = Q_i, so the online key alone
+ *  produces a valid proof for that destination. This is accepted deliberately:
+ *  the output is spendable only by the holder of p_i (the discrete log of -P_i
+ *  is -p_i), i.e. the offline half of the same whitelist entry, so no funds can
+ *  be diverted.
  */
 SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_whitelist_verify(
   const secp256k1_context *ctx,
diff --git a/src/modules/whitelist/whitelist_impl.h b/src/modules/whitelist/whitelist_impl.h
index f26c255c..10b6e6d4 100644
--- a/src/modules/whitelist/whitelist_impl.h
+++ b/src/modules/whitelist/whitelist_impl.h
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ static int secp256k1_whitelist_compute_keys_and_message(const secp256k1_context*
         /* compute tweaked keys */
         secp256k1_gej_set_ge(&tweaked_gej, &offline_ge);
         secp256k1_gej_add_ge_var(&tweaked_gej, &tweaked_gej, &subkey_ge, NULL);
+        /* Fails only for the degenerate destination W = -P_i, where the ring
+         * key intentionally collapses to Q_i. See the rationale on
+         * secp256k1_whitelist_verify in include/secp256k1_whitelist.h. */
         secp256k1_whitelist_tweak_pubkey(hash_ctx, &tweaked_gej);
         secp256k1_gej_add_ge_var(&keys[i], &tweaked_gej, &online_ge, NULL);
     }