diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/response/Match.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/response/Match.java
index 4e1d84f..48afadc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/response/Match.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/response/Match.java
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
   Refactor, future-me!
 
   The number based Highlighttype is ugly - UGLY!
+
+  substrings may be out of range - e.g. if snippets are not lifted!
+
 */
 
 /**