diff --git a/sc2/doc/devel/strtab b/sc2/doc/devel/strtab
index 1127a75a4..7341cfa77 100644
--- a/sc2/doc/devel/strtab
+++ b/sc2/doc/devel/strtab
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ For .ct files an item is as follows:
            2       bits 0-4: blue value
                    bits 5-9: green value
                    bits 10-15: red value
+The full palette contains 256 values, which are the original 32 values
+    multiplied by 1 to 8.