diff --git a/website/docs/api/lexeme.md b/website/docs/api/lexeme.md
index f7f6d654c..f36ba1871 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/lexeme.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/lexeme.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ The L2 norm of the lexeme's vector representation.
 | `like_url`                                   | bool    | Does the lexeme resemble a URL?                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | `like_num`                                   | bool    | Does the lexeme represent a number? e.g. "10.9", "10", "ten", etc.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `like_email`                                 | bool    | Does the lexeme resemble an email address?                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
-| `is_oov`                                     | bool    | Does the lexeme have a word vector?                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `is_oov`                                     | bool    | Is the lexeme out-of-vocabulary (i.e. Does it not have a word vector?)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | `is_stop`                                    | bool    | Is the lexeme part of a "stop list"?                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `lang`                                       | int     | Language of the parent vocabulary.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `lang_`                                      | unicode | Language of the parent vocabulary.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |