diff --git a/nifty5/minimization/scipy_minimizer.py b/nifty5/minimization/scipy_minimizer.py
index b3d1f88a6fc11ea96b26f72a6defb7d9311cfb2e..2cb0ab28b62dbef1bd5465a8ec55a87844746c2e 100644
--- a/nifty5/minimization/scipy_minimizer.py
+++ b/nifty5/minimization/scipy_minimizer.py
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ class ScipyCG(Minimizer):
     """Returns a ScipyMinimizer object carrying out the conjugate gradient
     algorithm as implemented by SciPy.
 
-    This class is probably superfluous and can be removed.
+    This class is only intended for double-checking NIFTy's own conjugate
+    gradient implementation and should not be used otherwise.
     """
     def __init__(self, tol, maxiter):
         if not dobj.is_numpy():