diff --git a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
index d8c133bce3..777beabc39 100644
--- a/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/collections/tables.nim
@@ -966,7 +966,8 @@ proc initCountTable*[A](initialSize=64): CountTable[A] =
   newSeq(result.data, initialSize)
 
 proc toCountTable*[A](keys: openArray[A]): CountTable[A] =
-  ## creates a new count table with every key in `keys` having a count of 1.
+  ## creates a new count table with every key in `keys` having a count
+  ## of how many times it occurs in `keys`.
   result = initCountTable[A](rightSize(keys.len))
   for key in items(keys): result.inc key