diff --git a/messages.go b/messages.go
index c158d5d2..fec34dbb 100644
--- a/messages.go
+++ b/messages.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func (s *startupMessage) Bytes() (buf []byte) {
 	return buf
 }
 
+// Oid (Object Identifier Type) is, according to https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-oid.html,
+// used internally by PostgreSQL as a primary key for various system tables. It is currently implemented
+// as an unsigned four-byte integer. Its definition can be found in src/include/postgres_ext.h
+// in the PostgreSQL sources.
 type Oid uint32
 
 type FieldDescription struct {