diff --git a/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs b/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs
index 783c017..d0b2680 100644
--- a/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs
+++ b/reqwest-retry/src/middleware.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ use task_local_extensions::Extensions;
 /// and can be safely executed again.
 ///
 /// Currently, it allows setting a [RetryPolicy] algorithm for calculating the __wait_time__
-/// between each request retry.
+/// between each request retry. Sleeping on non-`wasm32` archs is performed using 
+/// [`tokio::time::sleep`], therefore it will respect pauses/auto-advance if run under a
+/// runtime that supports them.
 ///
 ///```rust
 ///     use reqwest_middleware::ClientBuilder;