1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/graphql/resolvers/base_resolver.rb b/app/graphql/resolvers/base_resolver.rb
index b7502eb97c5..31850c2cadb 100644
--- a/app/graphql/resolvers/base_resolver.rb
+++ b/app/graphql/resolvers/base_resolver.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ module Resolvers
     end
 
     def self.complexity_multiplier(args)
+      # When fetching many items, additional complexity is added to the field
+      # depending on how many items is fetched. For each item we add 1% of the
+      # original complexity - this means that loading 100 items (our default
+      # maxp_age_size limit) doubles the original complexity.
+      #
+      # Complexity is not increased when searching by specific ID(s), because
+      # complexity difference is minimal in this case.
       [args[:iid], args[:iids]].any? ? 0 : 0.01
     end
   end