diff --git a/src/operator/nn/pooling.cc b/src/operator/nn/pooling.cc
index 870557756128..41a486e141d1 100644
--- a/src/operator/nn/pooling.cc
+++ b/src/operator/nn/pooling.cc
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ The definition of *f* depends on ``pooling_convention``, which has two options:
 
     f(x, k, p, s) = ceil((x+2*p-k)/s)+1
 
-But ``global_pool`` is set to be true, then do a global pooling, namely reset
-``kernel=(height, width)``.
+When ``global_pool`` is set to be true, then global pooling is performed. It will reset
+``kernel=(height, width)`` and set the appropiate padding to 0.
 
 Three pooling options are supported by ``pool_type``: