What is an interface assertion?

I have just came across this piece of code on this blog post

type Logger interface {
    Debug(msg string, keyvals ...interface{}) error
    Info(msg string, keyvals ...interface{}) error
    Error(msg string, keyvals ...interface{}) error
}

type tmLogger struct {
    srcLogger kitlog.Logger
}

// Interface assertions
var _ Logger = (*tmLogger)(nil) // What is this?

// ... interface definition ...

What is this "interface assertion"?