diff --git a/arches/app/search/components/base.py b/arches/app/search/components/base.py
index b1c692ca312..79c4e32ba8c 100644
--- a/arches/app/search/components/base.py
+++ b/arches/app/search/components/base.py
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ def generate_dsl(self, **kwargs):
 
     def append_dsl(self, search_query_object, **kwargs):
         """
-        used to append ES query dsl to the search request
+        used to append ES query dsl to the search request,
+        also used to modify the search query object
+        if custom index hooks are present
 
         """