diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/converters.py b/src/caoscrawler/converters.py
index 84928d62fd1786b87058086af113a8b8dc572062..f8e758c60565c47e74c7447bcb8046c27e069da5 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/converters.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/converters.py
@@ -681,6 +681,9 @@ class _AbstractDictElementConverter(Converter):
         return result
 
     def typecheck(self, element: StructureElement):
+        """
+        returns whether the type of StructureElement is accepted by this converter instance.
+        """
         allowed_matches = self._merge_match_definition_with_default(self.default_matches,
                                                                     self.definition)
         return self._typecheck(element, allowed_matches)