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diff --git a/reftable/system.h b/reftable/system.h
index beb9d2431f..c54ed4cad6 100644
--- a/reftable/system.h
+++ b/reftable/system.h
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ struct reftable_flock {
* to acquire the lock. If `timeout_ms` is 0 we don't wait, if it is negative
* we block indefinitely.
*
- * Retrun 0 on success, a reftable error code on error.
+ * Retrun 0 on success, a reftable error code on error. Specifically,
+ * `REFTABLE_LOCK_ERROR` should be returned in case the target path is already
+ * locked.
*/
int flock_acquire(struct reftable_flock *l, const char *target_path,
long timeout_ms);