diff --git a/docs/src/using-parsers/2-basic-parsing.md b/docs/src/using-parsers/2-basic-parsing.md
index 17e77324..795ff611 100644
--- a/docs/src/using-parsers/2-basic-parsing.md
+++ b/docs/src/using-parsers/2-basic-parsing.md
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ A syntax node's _type_ is a string that indicates which grammar rule the node re
 const char *ts_node_type(TSNode);
 ```
 
-Syntax nodes store their position in the source code both in raw bytes and row/column coordinates:
+Syntax nodes store their position in the source code both in raw bytes and row/column
+coordinates. In a point, rows and columns are zero-based. The `row` field represents
+the number of newlines before a given position, while `column` represents the number
+of bytes between the position and beginning of the line.
 
 ```c
 uint32_t ts_node_start_byte(TSNode);