diff --git a/man/picom.1.asciidoc b/man/picom.1.asciidoc
index 629184d13d..4abae7256e 100644
--- a/man/picom.1.asciidoc
+++ b/man/picom.1.asciidoc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	Use 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time.
 
 *--detect-client-leader*::
-	Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time. 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if *--detect-transient* is enabled, too.
+	Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time. This usually means windows from the same application will be considered focused or unfocused at the same time.'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if *--detect-transient* is enabled, too.
 
 *--blur-method*, *--blur-size*, *--blur-deviation*, *--blur-strength*::
 	Parameters for background blurring, see the *BLUR* section for more information.
diff --git a/picom.sample.conf b/picom.sample.conf
index faca343c8c..1410a10ad1 100644
--- a/picom.sample.conf
+++ b/picom.sample.conf
@@ -272,8 +272,9 @@ refresh-rate = 0;
 detect-transient = true;
 
 # Use 'WM_CLIENT_LEADER' to group windows, and consider windows in the same
-# group focused at the same time. 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if
-# detect-transient is enabled, too.
+# group focused at the same time. This usually means windows from the same application
+# will be considered focused or unfocused at the same time.
+# 'WM_TRANSIENT_FOR' has higher priority if detect-transient is enabled, too.
 #
 # detect-client-leader = false
 
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 3f228eaaef..1f316fe6a4 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -204,8 +204,10 @@ static void usage(const char *argv0, int ret) {
 	    "\n"
 	    "--detect-client-leader\n"
 	    "  Use WM_CLIENT_LEADER to group windows, and consider windows in\n"
-	    "  the same group focused at the same time. WM_TRANSIENT_FOR has\n"
-	    "  higher priority if --detect-transient is enabled, too.\n"
+	    "  the same group focused at the same time. This usually means windows\n"
+	    "  from the same application will be considered focused or unfocused at\n"
+	    "  the same time. WM_TRANSIENT_FOR has higher priority if\n"
+	    "  --detect-transient is enabled, too.\n"
 	    "\n"
 	    "--blur-method\n"
 	    "  The algorithm used for background bluring. Available choices are:\n"