diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py
index f74270a9ac8..2afa3bafea1 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py
@@ -300,9 +300,15 @@ class BaseChatModel(BaseLanguageModel[BaseMessage], ABC):
     defer to ``invoke()``/``ainvoke()``.
 
     - If True, will always bypass streaming case.
-    - If "tool_calling", will bypass streaming case only when the model is called
-      with a ``tools`` keyword argument.
+    - If ``'tool_calling'``, will bypass streaming case only when the model is called
+      with a ``tools`` keyword argument. In other words, LangChain will automatically
+      switch to non-streaming behavior (``invoke()``) only when the tools argument is
+      provided. This offers the best of both worlds.
     - If False (default), will always use streaming case if available.
+
+    The main reason for this flag is that code might be written using ``.stream()`` and
+    a user may want to swap out a given model for another model whose the implementation
+    does not properly support streaming.
     """
 
     @model_validator(mode="before")