diff --git a/R/valuationTable.period.R b/R/valuationTable.period.R
index 89802eef5b1113b2640445987fc0e0af1449ea9d..5f046aa259a3d4a8527d949143446c31b7d961be 100644
--- a/R/valuationTable.period.R
+++ b/R/valuationTable.period.R
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ NULL
 #' Class valuationTable.period - Period life tables
 #'
 #' A period life table, giving death probabilities for each age, up to
-#' maximum age omega. Optionally apply selection factors to the probabilities
+#' maximum age \code{omega}. The \code{baseYear} slot can be used to hold
+#' information about the period.
 #'
 #' @slot ages       The ages corresponding to the entries of the deathProbs
 #' @slot deathProbs The one-year death probabilities for the ages