diff --git a/rich/segment.py b/rich/segment.py
index 9a75aed7..4a4e8d55 100644
--- a/rich/segment.py
+++ b/rich/segment.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from typing import Iterable, List, Tuple
 
 
 class Segment(NamedTuple):
-    """A piece of text with associated style.
+    """A piece of text with associated style. Segments are produced by the Console render process and
+    are ultimately converted in to strings to be written to the terminal.
 
     Args:
         text (str): A piece of text.