diff --git a/arithmetic_analysis/newton_raphson_method.py b/arithmetic_analysis/newton_raphson_method.py
index bb6fdd219..d17b57a2e 100644
--- a/arithmetic_analysis/newton_raphson_method.py
+++ b/arithmetic_analysis/newton_raphson_method.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Implementing Newton Raphson method in Python
 # Author: Syed Haseeb Shah (github.com/QuantumNovice)
-
+#The Newton-Raphson method (also known as Newton's method) is a way to 
+#quickly find a good approximation for the root of a real-valued function
 from sympy import diff
 from decimal import Decimal