diff --git a/miden-crypto/src/merkle/path.rs b/miden-crypto/src/merkle/path.rs
index 53f94c5..564d0ae 100644
--- a/miden-crypto/src/merkle/path.rs
+++ b/miden-crypto/src/merkle/path.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl MerklePath {
 
     /// Creates a new Merkle path from a list of nodes.
     ///
-    /// The list is assumed to be in order of deepest to shallowest.
+    /// The list must be in order of deepest to shallowest.
     pub fn new(nodes: Vec<RpoDigest>) -> Self {
         assert!(nodes.len() <= u8::MAX.into(), "MerklePath may have at most 256 items");
         Self { nodes }