diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c254af6..a11a0c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ In addition to the [API documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/secondwindo
 there is also upstream's [user guide](https://jmoiron.github.io/sqlx/) that
 explains how to use `database/sql` along with sqlx.
 
+`sqlx.In` always expands with `?` placeholders. Even on PostgreSQL, write
+`IN (?)` (not `IN ($1)`), then `db.Rebind` the query before running it.
+
 ## About this fork
 
 This is a maintained fork of [jmoiron/sqlx](https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx).
diff --git a/bind.go b/bind.go
index f597184..ec25f3b 100644
--- a/bind.go
+++ b/bind.go
@@ -137,8 +137,13 @@ func asSliceForIn(i interface{}) (v reflect.Value, ok bool) {
 }
 
 // In expands slice values in args, returning the modified query string
-// and a new arg list that can be executed by a database. The `query` should
-// use the `?` bindVar.  The return value uses the `?` bindVar.
+// and a new arg list that can be executed by a database.
+//
+// The query must use the `?` bindVar (not `$1`, `@p1`, etc.), even when
+// targeting PostgreSQL or other drivers that normally use a different
+// placeholder style. In always returns a query that still uses `?`; call
+// db.Rebind on the result before Query/Exec so the placeholders match the
+// driver.
 func In(query string, args ...interface{}) (string, []interface{}, error) {
 	// argMeta stores reflect.Value and length for slices and
 	// the value itself for non-slice arguments