diff --git a/exec/asc_handler.js b/exec/asc_handler.js
index b1f142ba1522d0fcf7fe1cd71c0bb31dfd0ba3cb..0f14682cc591b380b82da8c5b389adcae99650ae 100644
--- a/exec/asc_handler.js
+++ b/exec/asc_handler.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
-// This module convert ANSI, Ex-ASCII, and Ctrl-A encoded files to HTML
+// This module converts ANSI, Ex-ASCII, and Ctrl-A encoded files to HTML
+
+// The filename to encode may be passed on the command-line (e.g. running
+// this module using jsexec) or as an http-requested document (e.g. running
+// this module as a "web handler").
 
 // This module can be used as a "web handler" (automatically converting
 // *.asc and *.ans files on the fly), by adding the following lines to