From 0774fd7020a4f70beb13ddf668686c44f8ebb84c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:59:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix #6213

---
 src/include/taler_amount_lib.h | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/include/taler_amount_lib.h b/src/include/taler_amount_lib.h
index 4f77c322e..63c5dba40 100644
--- a/src/include/taler_amount_lib.h
+++ b/src/include/taler_amount_lib.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ extern "C"
  *
  * Note that we need sub-cent precision here as transaction fees might
  * be that low, and as we want to support microdonations.
+ *
+ * An actual `struct Amount a` thus represents
+ * "a.value + (a.fraction / #TALER_AMOUNT_FRAC_BASE)" units of "a.currency".
  */
 #define TALER_AMOUNT_FRAC_BASE 100000000
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ struct TALER_AmountNBO
   uint64_t value GNUNET_PACKED;
 
   /**
-   * Additinal fractional value, in NBO.
+   * Fraction (integer multiples of #TALER_AMOUNT_FRAC_BASE), in NBO.
    */
   uint32_t fraction GNUNET_PACKED;
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ struct TALER_Amount
   uint64_t value;
 
   /**
-   * Fraction (denominator of fraction)
+   * Fraction (integer multiples of #TALER_AMOUNT_FRAC_BASE).
    */
   uint32_t fraction;