Clarify _get_dependent() documentation.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kconfiglib.py b/kconfiglib.py
index 9be4eae..7dfdd06 100644
--- a/kconfiglib.py
+++ b/kconfiglib.py
@@ -2928,8 +2928,10 @@ class Symbol(Item, _HasVisibility):
                             .format(self.type))
 
     def _get_dependent(self):
-        """Returns the list of symbols that should be invalidated if the value
-        of the symbol changes."""
+        """Returns the list of symbols that should be invalidated if the user
+        value of the symbol changes, because they might be affected by the
+        change. Note that this is an internal API -- it's probably of limited
+        usefulness to clients."""
         if self.cached_deps is not None:
             return self.cached_deps