description updated with more details

diff --git a/Lib/axisregistry/data/element_shape.textproto b/Lib/axisregistry/data/element_shape.textproto
index 07e67e21527da80c343858a37c2cb3242f1864f2..03f39652a49d47eab5373b22e5c2815408755f3e 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/axisregistry/data/element_shape.textproto
+++ b/Lib/axisregistry/data/element_shape.textproto
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ fallback {
     value: 0.0
   }
 fallback_only: false
-description: 
-    "Controls the shape of the element"
+description:     
+  "In modular fonts, where glyphs are composed using multiple copies of"
+  " the same element, this axis controls the shape of the element"