diff --git a/prometheus/summary.go b/prometheus/summary.go
index 9c68987..21c031e 100644
--- a/prometheus/summary.go
+++ b/prometheus/summary.go
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ const quantileLabel = "quantile"
 //
 // A typical use-case is the observation of request latencies. By default, a
 // Summary provides the median, the 90th and the 99th percentile of the latency
-// as rank estimations. In v0.10 of this library, default values will not compute
-// any quantiles, so please set them accordingly.
+// as rank estimations. However, the default behavior will change in the
+// upcoming v0.10 of the library. There will be no rank estiamtions at all by
+// default. For a sane transition, it is recommended to set the desired rank
+// estimations explicitly.
 //
 // Note that the rank estimations cannot be aggregated in a meaningful way with
 // the Prometheus query language (i.e. you cannot average or add them). If you
@@ -79,10 +81,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 // SummaryOpts bundles the options for creating a Summary metric. It is
-// mandatory to set Name and Help to a non-empty string. Also, it is advisable
-// to set Objectives field, as the Summary won't compute any quantiles
-// in v0.10 of the library. All other fields are optional and can safely
-// be left at their zero value.
+// mandatory to set Name and Help to a non-empty string. While all other fields
+// are optional and can safely be left at their zero value, it is recommended to
+// explicitly set the Objectives field to the desired value as the default value
+// will change in the upcoming v0.10 of the library.
 type SummaryOpts struct {
 	// Namespace, Subsystem, and Name are components of the fully-qualified
 	// name of the Summary (created by joining these components with