diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index acea117..f60956f 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Me: Yep, but it's API is considerably more complex *and* is 2-3x slower.
 Performing a basic "SELECT * FROM" query on a table with 30k rows and fields of nearly every Ruby-representable data type,
 then iterating over every row using an #each like method yielding a block:
 
-  # And remember, the Mysql gem only gives back nil and strings.
+  # And remember, the Mysql gem only gives back nil and strings for values.
    user       system     total       real
   Mysql2
    0.610000   0.160000   0.770000 (  0.986967)