diff --git a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
index e887ee4b37922e00736ccec302fd6979dd0de257..1aa127d31d6456076ffdd6dc5b591c3bb2f7b0b7 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
@@ -196,16 +196,20 @@ def compare_entities(entity0: Optional[Entity] = None,
     that are missing in the other entity, and the 'properties' dict contains
     properties and SPECIAL_ATTRIBUTES if they are missing or different from
     their counterparts in the other entity.
-    The key used to represent a parent or property is the entities name if the
+
+    The key used to represent a parent in the parent list or a
+    property in the property dictionary is the entity's name if the
     name is present for both compared entities, the id otherwise.
 
     The value of the properties dict for each listed property is again a dict
     detailing the differences between this property and its counterpart.
     The characteristics that are checked to determine whether two properties
     match are the following:
-        - datatype
-        - importance
-        - value
+
+    - datatype
+    - importance
+    - value
+
     If any of these characteristics differ for a property, the respective
     string (datatype, importance, value) is added as a key to the dict of the
     property with its value being the characteristics value,
@@ -244,6 +248,7 @@ def compare_entities(entity0: Optional[Entity] = None,
                                 entity and an int or str also checks whether
                                 the int/str matches the name or id of the
                                 entity, so Entity(id=100) == 100 == "100".
+
     """
     # ToDo: Discuss intended behaviour
     # Questions that need clarification: