diff --git a/parsecsv.lib.php b/parsecsv.lib.php
index 7c9012d..7b1ff8a 100644
--- a/parsecsv.lib.php
+++ b/parsecsv.lib.php
@@ -560,7 +560,14 @@ class parseCSV {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Parse CSV strings to arrays
+     * Parse CSV strings to arrays. If you need BOM detection or character
+     * encoding conversion, please call load_data() first, followed by a call to
+     * parse_string() with no parameters.
+     *
+     * To detect field separators, please use auto() instead.
+     *
+     * Also, while load_data() can handle a lacking new-line char at the end of
+     * the string, this function cannot.
      *
      * @param string $data CSV data
      *