diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
index cdaa5326d1c493be9ab5d726e80683d8ec341b0f..6c3204610fc8a0b9cbebc7675f7cffe2e94b0a0b 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
@@ -1476,7 +1476,8 @@ sub load_registry_from_url {
                 The port to use when connecting to the database.
 
   Arg [VERBOSE]: (optional) boolean
-                Whether to print database messages.
+                Whether to print database messages. This includes a listing
+                of all available species & databases.
 
   Arg [SPECIES]: (optional) string
                 By default, all databases that are found on the