diff --git a/tensorflow-ops/src/TensorFlow/Variable.hs b/tensorflow-ops/src/TensorFlow/Variable.hs
index b62082e..76e6e48 100644
--- a/tensorflow-ops/src/TensorFlow/Variable.hs
+++ b/tensorflow-ops/src/TensorFlow/Variable.hs
@@ -77,6 +77,20 @@ zeroInitializedVariable'
 zeroInitializedVariable' params = initializedVariable' params . zeros
 
 -- | Gets the value stored in a variable.
+--
+-- Note that this op is stateful since it depends on the value of the variable;
+-- however, it may be CSE'd with other reads in the same context.  The context can
+-- be fixed by using 'render' along with (for example) 'withControlDependencies'.
+-- For example:
+--
+-- >   runSession $ do
+-- >     v <- variable []
+-- >     a <- assign v 24
+-- >     r <- withControlDependencies a $ render $ readValue v + 18
+-- >     result <- run r
+-- >     liftIO $ (42 :: Float) @=? unScalar result
+--
+--
 readValue :: TensorType a => Variable a -> Tensor Build a
 readValue = readValue' id
 
diff --git a/tensorflow-ops/tests/VariableTest.hs b/tensorflow-ops/tests/VariableTest.hs
index eccc76a..e9cf303 100644
--- a/tensorflow-ops/tests/VariableTest.hs
+++ b/tensorflow-ops/tests/VariableTest.hs
@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@ module Main (main) where
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import qualified Data.Vector.Storable as V
 import Google.Test (googleTest)
-import TensorFlow.Core (unScalar, run_, runSession, run)
+import TensorFlow.Core
+    ( unScalar
+    , render
+    , run_
+    , runSession
+    , run
+    , withControlDependencies)
 import qualified TensorFlow.Ops as Ops
 import TensorFlow.Variable
     ( readValue
     , initializedVariable
     , assign
     , assignAdd
+    , variable
     )
 import Test.Framework (Test)
 import Test.Framework.Providers.HUnit (testCase)
@@ -19,6 +26,7 @@ import Test.HUnit ((@=?))
 main :: IO ()
 main = googleTest [ testInitializedVariable
                   , testInitializedVariableShape
+                  , testDependency
                   , testRereadRef
                   , testAssignAdd
                   ]
@@ -43,6 +51,15 @@ testInitializedVariableShape =
         result <- run (readValue vector)
         liftIO $ [42] @=? (result :: V.Vector Float)
 
+testDependency :: Test
+testDependency =
+    testCase "testDependency" $ runSession $ do
+        v <- variable []
+        a <- assign v 24
+        r <- withControlDependencies a $ render (readValue v + 18)
+        result <- run r
+        liftIO $ (42 :: Float) @=? unScalar result
+
 -- | See https://github.com/tensorflow/haskell/issues/92.
 -- Even though we're not explicitly evaluating `f0` until the end,
 -- it should hold the earlier value of the variable.