diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
index 3212a774d76a4651e3768b46c4a61aadece61dc9..1402a00ff725d466ff37ddd542b0bc6507fd4716 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Gene.pm
@@ -460,7 +460,8 @@ sub get_all_DBEntries {
 
   Example    : @dblinks = @{ $gene->get_all_DBLinks };
              : @dblinks = @{ $gene->get_all_DBLinks("Uniprot%") };
-  Arg [1]    : <optional> database name use % for wild card as sent to sql directly 
+  Arg [1]    : <optional> database name. SQL wildcard characters (_ and %) can be used to
+               specify patterns.
   Description: Retrieves _all_ related DBEntries for this gene. This includes
                all DBEntries that are associated with the transcripts and
                corresponding translations of this gene.