diff --git a/docs/api-input.md b/docs/api-input.md
index d68e03dd..75734aa2 100644
--- a/docs/api-input.md
+++ b/docs/api-input.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ## metadata
 Fast access to (uncached) image metadata without decoding any compressed pixel data.
 
-This is taken from the header of the input image.
-It does not include operations, such as resize, to be applied to the output image.
+This is read from the header of the input image.
+It does not take into consideration any operations to be applied to the output image,
+such as resize or rotate.
 
 Dimensions in the response will respect the `page` and `pages` properties of the
 [constructor parameters](/api-constructor#parameters).
diff --git a/lib/input.js b/lib/input.js
index 56779f2f..b59c0f7a 100644
--- a/lib/input.js
+++ b/lib/input.js
@@ -411,8 +411,9 @@ function _isStreamInput () {
 /**
  * Fast access to (uncached) image metadata without decoding any compressed pixel data.
  *
- * This is taken from the header of the input image.
- * It does not include operations, such as resize, to be applied to the output image.
+ * This is read from the header of the input image.
+ * It does not take into consideration any operations to be applied to the output image,
+ * such as resize or rotate.
  *
  * Dimensions in the response will respect the `page` and `pages` properties of the
  * {@link /api-constructor#parameters|constructor parameters}.