diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
index d0225ae..b71e95f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@
     endclass
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 							*E1370*
-Note that constructors cannot be declared as "static", because they always
-are.
+Note that constructors cannot be declared as "static". They are called like a
+static but execute as an object method; they have access to "this".
 
 To access the class methods and class variables of a super class in an
 extended class, the class name prefix should be used just as from anywhere