diff --git a/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs b/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs
index 8095452..cad3f04 100644
--- a/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs
+++ b/miden-crypto/src/merkle/sparse_path.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ use super::{
 /// with empty nodes.
 ///
 /// Empty nodes in the path are stored only as their position, represented with a bitmask. A
-/// maximum of 64 nodes in the path can be empty. The more nodes in a path are empty, the less
-/// memory this struct will use. This type calculates empty nodes on-demand when iterated through,
-/// converted to a [MerklePath], or an empty node is retrieved with [`SparseMerklePath::at_idx()`]
-/// or [`SparseMerklePath::at_depth()`], which will incur overhead.
+/// maximum of 64 nodes (`SMT_MAX_DEPTH`) can be stored (empty and non-empty). The more nodes in a
+/// path are empty, the less memory this struct will use. This type calculates empty nodes on-demand
+/// when iterated through, converted to a [MerklePath], or an empty node is retrieved with
+/// [`SparseMerklePath::at_idx()`] or [`SparseMerklePath::at_depth()`], which will incur overhead.
 ///
 /// NOTE: This type assumes that Merkle paths always span from the root of the tree to a leaf.
 /// Partial paths are not supported.