diff --git a/robot_state_publisher/include/robot_state_publisher/robot_state_publisher.h b/robot_state_publisher/include/robot_state_publisher/robot_state_publisher.h
index e889420..e2c5248 100644
--- a/robot_state_publisher/include/robot_state_publisher/robot_state_publisher.h
+++ b/robot_state_publisher/include/robot_state_publisher/robot_state_publisher.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
   /** Publish transforms to tf 
    * \param joint_positions A map of joint names and joint positions. 
    * \param time The time at which the joint positions were recorded
-   * returns true on success; return false when the joint positions don't match the kinematic robot model
+   * returns true on success; return false when the robot model is empty or not all the joints in the robot model are specified in the joint map.
    */
   bool publishTransforms(const std::map<std::string, double>& joint_positions, const ros::Time& time);