diff --git a/anndata/_config.py b/anndata/_config.py
index d0fce28b8..d0132d406 100644
--- a/anndata/_config.py
+++ b/anndata/_config.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def reset(self, option: Iterable[str] | str) -> None:
     @contextmanager
     def override(self, **overrides):
         """
-        Provides local override via keyword arguments.
+        Provides local override via keyword arguments as a context manager.
 
         Parameters
         ----------