diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4d82db58..63f7979a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ All modules are disabled by default and need to be activated explicitly in your
 lua <<EOF
 require'nvim-treesitter.configs'.setup {
   ensure_installed = "maintained", -- one of "all", "maintained" (parsers with maintainers), or a list of languages
-  sync_install = false, -- install languages synchronously
+  sync_install = false, -- install languages synchronously (only applied to `ensure_installed`)
   ignore_install = { "javascript" }, -- List of parsers to ignore installing
   highlight = {
     enable = true,              -- false will disable the whole extension