diff --git a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/documentinterchange/logicalstructure/PDStructureTreeRoot.java b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/documentinterchange/logicalstructure/PDStructureTreeRoot.java
index af977f5980f..2a979c935ec 100644
--- a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/documentinterchange/logicalstructure/PDStructureTreeRoot.java
+++ b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/documentinterchange/logicalstructure/PDStructureTreeRoot.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public PDStructureTreeRoot(COSDictionary dic)
 
     /**
      * Returns the K entry. This can be a dictionary representing a structure element, or an array
-     * of them.
+     * of them. To get it as a list of PDStructureElement objects, use {@link #getKids()} instead.
      *
      * @return the K entry.
      */