diff --git a/docs/topics/db/examples/many_to_one.txt b/docs/topics/db/examples/many_to_one.txt
index bb4202ab66..e91f7e8a11 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/examples/many_to_one.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/examples/many_to_one.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 Many-to-one relationships
 =========================
 
-To define a many-to-one relationship, use :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`::
+To define a many-to-one relationship, use :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey`.
+
+In this example, a ``Reporter`` can be associated with many ``Article``
+objects, but an ``Article`` can only have one ``Reporter`` object::
 
     from django.db import models