diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsCookie.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsCookie.java
index 9ab314e2..7869a5bd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsCookie.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsCookie.java
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ public class PagedResultsCookie {
     /**
      * Get the cookie.
      * 
-     * @return the cookie.
+     * @return the cookie. This value may be <code>null</code>, indicating that there are no more requests,
+     * or that the control wasn't supported by the server.
      */
     public byte[] getCookie() {
         if (cookie != null) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsDirContextProcessor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsDirContextProcessor.java
index 912fa054..a96babc4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsDirContextProcessor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/control/PagedResultsDirContextProcessor.java
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ public class PagedResultsDirContextProcessor extends AbstractFallbackRequestAndR
 	/**
 	 * Get the cookie.
 	 * 
-	 * @return the cookie.
+	 * @return the cookie. The cookie will always be set after at leas one query, however the actual cookie content
+     * can be <code>null</code>, indicating that there are no more results, in which case {@link #hasMore()} will return
+     * <code>false</code>.
+     * @see #hasMore()
 	 */
 	public PagedResultsCookie getCookie() {
 		return cookie;