diff --git a/commonmark-ext-gfm-tables/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/tables/TableCell.java b/commonmark-ext-gfm-tables/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/tables/TableCell.java
index 623e3006..57184ca3 100644
--- a/commonmark-ext-gfm-tables/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/tables/TableCell.java
+++ b/commonmark-ext-gfm-tables/src/main/java/org/commonmark/ext/gfm/tables/TableCell.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public void setAlignment(Alignment alignment) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return the cell width
+     * @return the cell width (the number of dash and colon characters in the delimiter row of the table for this column)
      */
     public int getWidth() {
         return width;