diff --git a/crates/sum_tree/src/sum_tree.rs b/crates/sum_tree/src/sum_tree.rs
index 3909ef1b39..6b32a80445 100644
--- a/crates/sum_tree/src/sum_tree.rs
+++ b/crates/sum_tree/src/sum_tree.rs
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ impl Bias {
     }
 }
 
-/// A B-tree where each leaf node contains an [`Item`] of type `T`,
-/// and each internal node contains a [`Summary`] of the items in its subtree.
+/// A B+ tree in which each leaf node contains `Item`s of type `T` and a `Summary`s for each `Item`.
+/// Each internal node contains a `Summary` of the items in its subtree.
+///
+/// The maximum number of items per node is `TREE_BASE * 2`.
 ///
 /// Any [`Dimension`] supported by the [`Summary`] type can be used to seek to a specific location in the tree.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]