explanatory note
Text providing context
An explanatory note is a brief written clarification accompanying a text, document, or statement.
It provides context, background, or interpretation that helps readers understand the main content: The contract included an explanatory note about the payment schedule.
Explanatory notes often appear as footnotes, endnotes, or separate addenda.
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- glossShine or annotation
- remarkSpoken comment or note
addendum · parenthetical · sidebar · asterisk · margin · caveat · postscript · appendix · fine print · small print · disclaimer · elaboration · context · background · supplement · reference · citation · bracket
explanatory notebody text
Document's main prose
headline · source text · primary source · main article · lead paragraph
explanatory, note, explain, explanation, explains, explained, explaining, explainable, unexplained