diff --git a/misc-scripts/id_mapping/utils/batch_id_history.pl b/misc-scripts/id_mapping/utils/batch_id_history.pl
index fe91333b88ab1591d1201531fd4422a844a34c21..1770922015c81d2e60830b979d7e341fa6dc3862 100755
--- a/misc-scripts/id_mapping/utils/batch_id_history.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/id_mapping/utils/batch_id_history.pl
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ Optional arguments:
 
 This script reads a list of stable IDs from a file and sees if it can find them
 in the stable ID archive. It will print the ID history for each of them and
-optinally the peptide sequence found there as well.
+optinally the peptide sequence found there as well. Note that this will not 
+print the full history network, but rather branch out from your focus stable ID
+only. If you are interested in the full network, have a look at
+Bio::EnsEMBL::StableIdHistoryTree and related modules.
 
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