diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml
index beb672f56..7a4344a6c 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDFileAnalysis.ml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ let get_reporting_explanation_java ~nullsafe report_kind tenv pname thread =
            "@\n Reporting because current method is annotated %a or overrides an annotated method."
            MF.pp_monospaced "@ThreadSafe")
     else
-      match FbThreadSafety.get_fbthreadsafe_class_annot pname tenv with
-      | Some (qual, annot) ->
-          Some (FbThreadSafety.message_fbthreadsafe_class qual annot)
+      match RacerDModels.get_litho_explanation tenv pname with
+      | Some _ as expl_opt ->
+          expl_opt
       | None -> (
         match get_current_class_and_threadsafe_superclasses tenv pname with
         | Some (current_class, (thread_safe_class :: _ as thread_safe_annotated_classes)) ->
diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml
index 4f5a0bb89..0be755fd1 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.ml
@@ -573,3 +573,59 @@ let is_synchronized_container callee_pname (access_exp : HilExp.AccessExpression
 
 let is_initializer tenv proc_name =
   Procname.is_constructor proc_name || FbThreadSafety.is_custom_init tenv proc_name
+
+
+let get_current_class_and_superclasses_satisfying_attr_check check tenv pname =
+  match pname with
+  | Procname.Java java_pname ->
+      let current_class = Procname.Java.get_class_type_name java_pname in
+      let satisfying_classes =
+        PatternMatch.Java.find_superclasses_with_attributes check tenv current_class
+      in
+      Some (current_class, satisfying_classes)
+  | _ ->
+      None
+
+
+module Litho = struct
+  let component_annots = ["MountSpec"; "LayoutSpec"]
+
+  let section_annots = ["DiffSectionSpec"; "GroupSectionSpec"]
+
+  let spec_annots = List.append component_annots section_annots
+
+  let get_class_annot pname tenv =
+    let helper annot =
+      let is_annotated ia = Annotations.ia_ends_with ia annot in
+      match get_current_class_and_superclasses_satisfying_attr_check is_annotated tenv pname with
+      | Some (current_class, (_ :: _ as classes)) ->
+          if List.mem ~equal:Typ.Name.equal classes current_class then Some ("current ", annot)
+          else Some ("a super", annot)
+      | _ ->
+          None
+    in
+    List.find_map ~f:helper spec_annots
+
+
+  (* "ann" is typically a suffix of an annotation, so if ann is "LayoutSpec" the developer would have
+     written "@LayoutSpec".  qualifier is " this " or "a super", the latter corresponding to
+     superclass. *)
+  let message (qualifier, ann) =
+    let mes1 =
+      if List.mem ~equal:String.equal component_annots ann then
+        "Litho components are required to be thread safe because of multi-threaded layout."
+      else if List.mem ~equal:String.equal section_annots ann then
+        "Sections are required to be thread safe because changesets are calculated in the \
+         background."
+      else (*should not get here*)
+        ""
+    in
+    (* This "round the houses" way of doing things, where developer writes annotation with @, we pass
+       around annotation without @, then add it back here, is just because we use ia_ends_with and it
+       is not worth adding stuff to annotations.ml to make the code here simpler *)
+    Format.asprintf "@\n %s Reporting because %sclass is annotated %a" mes1 qualifier
+      MarkupFormatter.pp_monospaced ("@" ^ ann)
+end
+
+let get_litho_explanation tenv pname =
+  Litho.get_class_annot pname tenv |> Option.map ~f:Litho.message
diff --git a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.mli b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.mli
index cb9820269..fde76f52c 100644
--- a/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.mli
+++ b/infer/src/concurrency/RacerDModels.mli
@@ -60,3 +60,6 @@ val is_synchronized_container_constructor : Tenv.t -> Procname.t -> HilExp.t lis
 
 val is_converter_to_synchronized_container : Tenv.t -> Procname.t -> HilExp.t list -> bool
 (** is the given [procname] a method that wraps a container into a thread-safe wrapper? *)
+
+val get_litho_explanation : Tenv.t -> Procname.t -> string option
+(** Get report explanation specific to Litho class methods, if applicable *)
diff --git a/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.ml b/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.ml
index 7e5e7af10..b64508641 100644
--- a/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.ml
+++ b/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.ml
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@
 let is_custom_init _ _ = false
 
 let is_logging_method _ = false
-
-let get_fbthreadsafe_class_annot _ _ = None
-
-let message_fbthreadsafe_class _ _ = ""
diff --git a/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.mli b/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.mli
index cf35766ec..7ee117695 100644
--- a/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.mli
+++ b/infer/src/opensource/FbThreadSafety.mli
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@
 val is_custom_init : 'tenv_t -> 'procname_t -> bool
 
 val is_logging_method : 'procname_t -> bool
-
-val get_fbthreadsafe_class_annot : 'procname_t -> 'tenv_t -> (string * string) option
-
-val message_fbthreadsafe_class : string -> string -> string