diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
index 061e39fca..c79b7b963 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ public class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi implements MediaWikiApi {
                     .param("format", "xml")
                     .param("gcmtype", "file")
                     .param("gcmtitle", categoryName)
-                    .param("gcmsort", "timestamp")
-                    .param("gcmdir", "desc")
+                    .param("gcmsort", "timestamp")//property to sort by;timestamp
+                    .param("gcmdir", "desc")//in which direction to sort;descending
                     .param("prop", "imageinfo")
                     .param("gcmlimit", "10")
                     .param("iiprop", "url|extmetadata");