diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index 62d4ac5bcd..e42767cedc 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -483,6 +483,13 @@ func (c *DockerContainer) NetworkAliases(ctx context.Context) (map[string][]stri
 	return a, nil
 }
 
+// Exec executes a command in the current container.
+// It returns the exit status of the executed command, an [io.Reader] containing the combined
+// stdout and stderr, and any encountered error. Note that reading directly from the [io.Reader]
+// may result in unexpected bytes due to custom stream multiplexing headers.
+// Use [tcexec.Multiplexed] option to read the combined output without the multiplexing headers.
+// Alternatively, to separate the stdout and stderr from [io.Reader] and interpret these headers properly,
+// [github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stdcopy.StdCopy] from the Docker API should be used.
 func (c *DockerContainer) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd []string, options ...tcexec.ProcessOption) (int, io.Reader, error) {
 	cli := c.provider.client
 
diff --git a/exec/processor.go b/exec/processor.go
index c4f9e1b100..73e12d26c2 100644
--- a/exec/processor.go
+++ b/exec/processor.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func WithEnv(env []string) ProcessOption {
 	})
 }
 
+// Multiplexed returns a [ProcessOption] that configures the command execution
+// to combine stdout and stderr into a single stream without Docker's multiplexing headers.
 func Multiplexed() ProcessOption {
 	return ProcessOptionFunc(func(opts *ProcessOptions) {
 		// returning fast to bypass those options with a nil reader,