diff --git a/tqdm.py b/tqdm.py
index afe18a4a..d817f4d4 100644
--- a/tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def tqdm(iterable, desc='', total=None, leave=False, mininterval=0.5, miniters=1
             sp.print_status(prefix + format_meter(n, total, cur_t-start_t))
 
 def trange(*args, **kwargs):
-    """A shortcut for writing tqdm(xrange)"""
+    """A shortcut for writing tqdm(range()) on py3 or tqdm(xrange()) on py2"""
     try:
         f = xrange
     except NameError: