diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45db351..31f9d89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Default template:
     // Mandatory: git state hash verified.
     "commit": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567",
     // Optional (default: "VERIFIED"): xor of following flags (written as `FLAG_0 | FLAG_1 | ... | FLAG_N`):
-    // - `VERIFIED_ONLY_OWN_COMMITS` (note that using this flag for repositories that aren't managed by the verifier requires verifier commits to be signed and to precise the fingerprint of his public key in this `README.md` for instance)
+    // - `VERIFIED_ONLY_OWN_COMMITS`: means that the whole git state wasn't verified but the verifier commits were verified (note that using this flag for repositories that aren't managed by the verifier requires verifier commits to be signed and to precise the fingerprint of his public key in this `README.md` for instance)
     // - `CLOSED_SOURCE_DEPENDENCY`
     // - `UNVERIFIED_INITIAL_COMMIT`
     "status": "VERIFIED",