diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/eddy_dump.py b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/eddy_dump.py
index 5f7720c1700e739470883d8dd732127948edb2b5..017b47916bdd5fc961ade224ecb62351a7ba4293 100755
--- a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/eddy_dump.py
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/eddy_dump.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 """Dumps to standard output all information on a particular eddy,
-specified by date and eddy_index, or by node index, or by shape index.
+specified by date and intra-date eddy index, or by inter-date eddy
+index, or by shape index assuming slice 0.
 
 """