diff --git a/src/core/strings/str8/str8.h b/src/core/strings/str8/str8.h
index f4e6e48..e0e4e0b 100644
--- a/src/core/strings/str8/str8.h
+++ b/src/core/strings/str8/str8.h
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ struct str8_list {
                                            .size     = sizeof(STRING) - 1, \
                                            .buf      = (c8 *)STRING})
 // To be used only when initialising a static storage variable in compilers that don't support
-// initialisers with the syntax of wapp_str8_lit_ro
+// initialisers with the syntax of wapp_str8_lit_ro (e.g. gcc). Should only be used when necessary
+// and only be assigned to a Str8RO variable to avoid any attempt at modifying the string
 #define wapp_str8_lit_ro_initialiser_list(STRING) {.capacity = sizeof(STRING) - 1, \
                                                    .size     = sizeof(STRING) - 1, \
                                                    .buf      = (c8 *)STRING}