diff --git a/src/fileutils.h b/src/fileutils.h
index 25bb3ae0a91d439965660fdc45b2d150228c6a43..4bc3e52f56aa85c0eea86c543105c216a81815ed 100644
--- a/src/fileutils.h
+++ b/src/fileutils.h
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ namespace ring { namespace fileutils {
 
     /**
      * Read content of the directory.
-     * The result is a list of full paths of files in the directory,
-     * without "." and "..".
+     * The result is a list of relative (to @param dir) paths of all entries
+     * in the directory, without "." and "..".
      */
     std::vector<std::string> readDirectory(const std::string &dir);