- * Returns #TRUE if we have been authenticated. Will return #TRUE
- * even if the transport is disconnected.
+ * Returns #TRUE if we have been authenticated. It will return #TRUE even if
+ * the transport is now disconnected, but was ever authenticated before
+ * disconnecting.
+ *
+ * If we have not finished authenticating, but we have enough buffered input
+ * to finish the job, then this function will do so before it returns.
+ *
+ * This used to be called _dbus_transport_get_is_authenticated(), but that
+ * name seems inappropriate for a function with side-effects.