diff --git a/doc/transaction.rst b/doc/transaction.rst
index fe4e04097..cfe7eb3d6 100644
--- a/doc/transaction.rst
+++ b/doc/transaction.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 :class:`aerospike.Transaction` --- Multi Record Transaction Class
 =================================================================
 
-In this documentation, "commands" are single-record operations, batch operations, scans, or queries.
+In this documentation, "commands" are all database commands that can be sent to the server (e.g single-record
+operations, batch, scans, or queries).
 
 "Transactions" link individual commands (except for scan and query) together so they can be rolled forward or
 backward consistently.