diff --git a/structure_db.h b/structure_db.h
index 90402fa045190f236587c6e8deea14111cbd75a6..fc93bb844a071a7aef9dfd25428cc96349ee43af 100644
--- a/structure_db.h
+++ b/structure_db.h
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ struct StructureDB {
     /** Add all structures from a file */
     void add(const std::string fn);
 
-    /** Add N structures from a file begining from first. */
+    /** Add N structures from a file begining from first index.
+     *
+     * Indexing starts from zero, i.e.
+     * first=0 corresponds to the first structure in the file.
+     */
     void add(const std::string fn, int first, int N);
 
     /** Add a single Structure object to this container */