diff --git a/format/desktop_entry/error.ha b/format/desktop_entry/error.ha
index 99f63f1..ff00992 100644
--- a/format/desktop_entry/error.ha
+++ b/format/desktop_entry/error.ha
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ export type invalid_ascii = !void;
 // Returned when an invalid escape sequence was enctountered while parsing.
 export type invalid_escape = !void;
 
-// Converts a desktop entry [[error]] into a user-friendly string.
+// Returns a user-friendly representation of [[error]]. The result may be
+// statically allocated.
 export fn strerror(err: error) str = match (err) {
 case invalid_group_header   => yield "invalid group header";
 case invalid_entry          => yield "invalid entry";