diff --git a/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq b/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq
index 5527dc556..bf6a1c09c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq
+++ b/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ WHERE {
   BIND(COALESCE(?itemLabelPreferredLanguage, ?itemLabelAnyLanguage, "?") as ?label)
 
   # Get the description in the preferred language of the user, or any other language if no description is available in that language.
+  # This ensures that the query first tries to fetch the label in the user's preferred language, and if it's unavailable, it falls back to English
   OPTIONAL {?item schema:description ?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage. FILTER (LANG(?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage) = "${LANG}" || LANG(?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage) = "en")}
   OPTIONAL {?item schema:description ?itemDescriptionAnyLanguage}
   BIND(COALESCE(?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage, ?itemDescriptionAnyLanguage, "?") as ?description)