diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index b6011169a3..8c65eb7ff8 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ function &get_comment(&$comment, $output = OBJECT) {
 /**
  * Retrieve a list of comments.
  *
+ * The comment list can be for the blog as a whole or for an individual post.
+ * 
  * The list of comment arguments are 'status', 'orderby', 'comment_date_gmt',
  * 'order', 'number', 'offset', and 'post_id'.
  *