1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lobject.c b/lobject.c
index 5c270b27..b558cfe0 100644
--- a/lobject.c
+++ b/lobject.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 
 
 /*
-** Computes ceil(log2(x))
+** Computes ceil(log2(x)), which is the smallest integer n such that
+** x <= (1 << n).
 */
 lu_byte luaO_ceillog2 (unsigned int x) {
   static const lu_byte log_2[256] = {  /* log_2[i - 1] = ceil(log2(i)) */