diff --git a/skilljail/classes.py b/skilljail/classes.py
index a5c0fca..d61ce3b 100644
--- a/skilljail/classes.py
+++ b/skilljail/classes.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def _glob_component_hits(path: str, name_pattern: str) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
     """For ``**/name`` patterns. Returns (rule_inside_or_exact, rule_covers).
 
     ``name_pattern`` may be multi-component (``.git/hooks``).
-    A path is "inside" if some suffix of its components starts with the pattern components.
+    A path is "inside" if the pattern components appear as a contiguous run in its components.
     A path "covers" the pattern if it is a parent of a directory that *could* contain it. Only
     very broad roots (home or '/') count, and the caller handles those, so the second value
     returned here is always False.