diff --git a/src/one-body-sample.parset b/src/one-body-sample.parset
index 07623bef1449a8d523330ef6af9d14e4c6145db6..d88eeb0e2ea43448f526d70e3a66c2d8dd73fd22 100644
--- a/src/one-body-sample.parset
+++ b/src/one-body-sample.parset
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ a            = 0.010
 b            = 0.015
 V0           = 1e-6
 L            = 1e-5
-initialState = 4.54e-05 # exp(-10)
+initialState = 4.54e-05 # = exp(-10) = theta, so that alpha = -10
 stateModel   = Dieterich
 
 [timeSteps]