diff --git a/doc/source/reference/language/builtin_functions.rst b/doc/source/reference/language/builtin_functions.rst
index 2c344e5..57ec785 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/language/builtin_functions.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/language/builtin_functions.rst
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ returns the stack informations of a given call stack level. returns a table form
         }
     }
 
-level = 0 is the current function, level = 1 is the caller and so on. If the stack level doesn't exist the function returns null.
+level = 0 is getstackinfos() itself! level = 1 is the current function, level = 2 is the caller of the current function, and so on. If the stack level doesn't exist the function returns null.
 
 .. js:function:: newthread(threadfunc)