Little doc update.

git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@11406 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d

diff --git a/deal.II/base/include/base/parameter_handler.h b/deal.II/base/include/base/parameter_handler.h
index 931ee39dffcf6352e185374b5e48b1a9acb09745..11e1e5a3c42c3364b43c3e4c98b5bcf1e32922d4 100644 (file)
--- a/deal.II/base/include/base/parameter_handler.h
+++ b/deal.II/base/include/base/parameter_handler.h
@@ -1359,7 +1359,10 @@ class ParameterHandler
     
                                     /**
                                      * Return value of entry
-                                     * <tt>entry_string</tt> as <tt>long int</tt>.
+                                     * <tt>entry_string</tt> as <tt>long
+                                     * int</tt>. (A long int is chosen so
+                                     * that even very large unsigned values
+                                     * can be returned by this function.)
                                      */
     long int       get_integer (const std::string &entry_string) const;