diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md b/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md
index 60f6f3242..03d0fd22c 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ Blank lines and lines beginning with `#` or `;` are ignored.
 
 `skip `*`N`*
 
-Skip this number of CSV records at the beginning.
+Skip this many non-empty lines preceding the CSV data.
+(Empty/blank lines are skipped automatically.)
 You'll need this whenever your CSV data contains header lines. Eg:
 <!-- XXX -->
 <!-- hledger tries to skip initial CSV header lines automatically. -->