diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a887d38..6e8af04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.1.1 - 2025-08-06
+
+- Updated `actor.start` documentation to reflect current use case.
+
 ## v1.1.0 - 2025-08-05
 
 - The `call` function in the `gleam/otp/actor` module gains the labels
diff --git a/src/gleam/otp/actor.gleam b/src/gleam/otp/actor.gleam
index a325b86..a2dce58 100644
--- a/src/gleam/otp/actor.gleam
+++ b/src/gleam/otp/actor.gleam
@@ -588,13 +588,7 @@ type StartInitMessage(data) {
   Mon(process.Down)
 }
 
-/// Start an actor from a given specification. If the actor's `init` function
-/// returns an error or does not return within `init_timeout` then an error is
-/// returned.
-///
-/// If you do not need to specify the initialisation behaviour of your actor
-/// consider using the `start` function.
-///
+/// Starts an actor from a given `Builder`. On failure, `start` returns a `StartError`
 pub fn start(
   builder: Builder(state, msg, return),
 ) -> Result(Started(return), StartError) {