diff --git a/config/example.yaml b/config/example.yaml
index 34a543b..81e5c20 100644
--- a/config/example.yaml
+++ b/config/example.yaml
@@ -75,8 +75,11 @@ chain:
 #   newnym_interval: 0             # periodic NEWNYM (seconds, 0 = manual only)
 
 # Multi-Tor round-robin -- distribute traffic across multiple Tor nodes.
-# When present, the first hop in each listener's chain is replaced at
-# connection time by round-robin selection from this list.
+# When present, the first hop in each listener's chain is REPLACED at
+# connection time by round-robin selection from this list. The first hop
+# specified in each listener's chain acts as a fallback only; tor_nodes
+# takes precedence for both client traffic and pool health tests.
+# Connection pools are pre-warmed for every node listed here.
 # tor_nodes:
 #   - socks5://10.200.1.1:9050
 #   - socks5://10.200.1.254:9050
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ chain:
 #       - localhost                      # exact hostname
 #       - .local                         # domain suffix
 #     chain:
-#       - socks5://127.0.0.1:9050
+#       - socks5://127.0.0.1:9050        # first hop (overridden by tor_nodes)
 #       - [pool:clean, pool:mitm]        # random choice per connection
 #       - [pool:clean, pool:mitm]        # independent random choice
 #
diff --git a/src/s5p/server.py b/src/s5p/server.py
index 09f069a..e3290e8 100644
--- a/src/s5p/server.py
+++ b/src/s5p/server.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ async def _handle_client(
             else:
                 effective_chain = list(listener.chain)
                 fhp = first_hop_pool
+                # tor_nodes round-robin overrides the listener's first hop
                 if tor_rr and effective_chain:
                     node = tor_rr.next()
                     effective_chain[0] = node