diff --git a/src/libcore/iter/traits/iterator.rs b/src/libcore/iter/traits/iterator.rs
index 1c3d95cbb8c35..79466497e10be 100644
--- a/src/libcore/iter/traits/iterator.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/iter/traits/iterator.rs
@@ -889,6 +889,8 @@ pub trait Iterator {
     ///
     /// [`skip`]: #method.skip
     ///
+    /// *Note: Some languages call this method: "drop_while" or "dropwhile".*
+    ///
     /// `skip_while()` takes a closure as an argument. It will call this
     /// closure on each element of the iterator, and ignore elements
     /// until it returns `false`.