diff --git a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
index a915ee4e2..991cadaa2 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/image-file-formats.rst
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ The :py:meth:`~PIL.Image.open` method may set the following
     Raw EXIF data from the image.
 
 **comment**
-    A comment about the image.
+    A comment about the image, from the COM marker. This is separate from the
+    UserComment tag that may be stored in the EXIF data.
 
     .. versionadded:: 7.1.0