diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterServicesForDestructionPass.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterServicesForDestructionPass.php
index ab89658f2da223a55a16e902abdce2923e61ffcf..479fbd54c6f6edb6955a775a61f1d9559de21709 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterServicesForDestructionPass.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DependencyInjection/Compiler/RegisterServicesForDestructionPass.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 /**
  * Adds services tagged "needs_destruction" to the "kernel_destruct_subscriber"
  * service.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\DestructableInterface
  */
 class RegisterServicesForDestructionPass implements CompilerPassInterface {
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DestructableInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DestructableInterface.php
index e06c6eca006ad85cc73fe0c9fd39caf326623a29..abfec7aea178df8d4cd92c97ede02581884b50bf 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DestructableInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DestructableInterface.php
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 
 /**
  * The interface for services that need explicit destruction.
+ *
+ * This is useful for services that need to perform additional tasks to
+ * finalize operations or clean up after the response is sent and before the
+ * service is terminated.
+ *
+ * Services using this interface need to be registered with the
+ * "needs_destruction" tag.
  */
 interface DestructableInterface {
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/KernelDestructionSubscriber.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/KernelDestructionSubscriber.php
index 7cedb1c94de2acb0256e4d8bd604c4ad85df5cc6..9c3cfae197630a17ae29bfd06af17fbe204ec107 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/KernelDestructionSubscriber.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/KernelDestructionSubscriber.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Destructs services that are initiated and tagged with "needs_destruction".
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\DestructableInterface
  */
 class KernelDestructionSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface, ContainerAwareInterface {
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/core.api.php b/core/modules/system/core.api.php
index 14c894aa991809bf912cafb66e305475db76f5e6..dacffed6d017f9dc3213e9c6a5f0abaf03ac9826 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/core.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/core.api.php
@@ -2152,7 +2152,8 @@ function hook_config_schema_info_alter(&$definitions) {
  *   for more information.
  * - needs_destruction: Indicates that a destruct() method needs to be called
  *   at the end of a request to finalize operations, if this service was
- *   instantiated.
+ *   instantiated. Services should implement \Drupal\Core\DestructableInterface
+ *   in this case.
  *
  * Creating a tag for a service does not do anything on its own, but tags
  * can be discovered or queried in a compiler pass when the container is built,