diff --git a/glib/gbytes.c b/glib/gbytes.c
index 74f8148..7b72886 100644
--- a/glib/gbytes.c
+++ b/glib/gbytes.c
@@ -403,10 +403,18 @@
  *
  * Compares the two #GBytes values.
  *
- * This function can be used to sort GBytes instances in lexographical order.
+ * This function can be used to sort GBytes instances in lexicographical order.
  *
- * Returns: a negative value if bytes2 is lesser, a positive value if bytes2 is
- *          greater, and zero if bytes2 is equal to bytes1
+ * If @bytes1 and @bytes2 have different length but the shorter one is a
+ * prefix of the longer one then the shorter one is considered to be less than
+ * the longer one. Otherwise the first byte where both differ is used for
+ * comparison. If @bytes1 has a smaller value at that position it is
+ * considered less, otherwise greater than @bytes2.
+ *
+ * Returns: a negative value if @bytes1 is less than @bytes2, a positive value
+ *          if @bytes1 is greater than @bytes2, and zero if @bytes1 is equal to
+ *          @bytes2
+ *
  *
  * Since: 2.32
  */