diff --git a/libraries/libmdb/mdb.h b/libraries/libmdb/mdb.h
index 7653542..af82e56 100644
--- a/libraries/libmdb/mdb.h
+++ b/libraries/libmdb/mdb.h
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ int mdb_env_create(MDB_env **env);
* across multiple invocations. This option may not always work, depending on
* how the operating system has allocated memory to shared libraries and other uses.
* The feature is highly experimental.
+ *
#MDB_NOSUBDIR
+ * By default, MDB creates its environment in a directory whose
+ * pathname is given in \b path, and creates its data and lock files
+ * under that directory. With this option, \b path is used as-is for
+ * the database main data file. The database lock file is the \b path
+ * with "-lock" appended.
* #MDB_NOSYNC
* Don't perform a synchronous flush after committing a transaction. This means
* transactions will exhibit the ACI (atomicity, consistency, and isolation)