diff --git a/documentation/en/api-methods.md b/documentation/en/api-methods.md
index df06a60246f..33bd2d28815 100644
--- a/documentation/en/api-methods.md
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@@ -3073,7 +3073,7 @@ Response:
 
 ## State
 The State methods are used to query, inspect, and interact with chain state.
-Most methods take a TipSetKey as a parameter. The state looked up is the state at that tipset.
+Most methods take a TipSetKey as a parameter. The state looked up is the parent state of the tipset.
 A nil TipSetKey can be provided as a param, this will cause the heaviest tipset in the chain to be used.
 
 
@@ -3126,6 +3126,10 @@ Response: `null`
 ### StateCall
 StateCall runs the given message and returns its result without any persisted changes.
 
+StateCall applies the message to the tipset's parent state. The
+message is not applied on-top-of the messages in the passed-in
+tipset.
+
 
 Perms: read