diff --git a/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml b/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml
index c6fa68d5..7e533c61 100644
--- a/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml
+++ b/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ slots:
     range: string
     multivalued: true
   other:
-    description: List of key-value pairs for properties not part of
+    description: Pipe separated list of key value pairs for properties not part of
       the SSSOM spec. Can be used to encode additional provenance data.
     range: string
   comment: