diff --git a/doc/rofi-theme.5 b/doc/rofi-theme.5
index 16b8b41c..72a64973 100644
--- a/doc/rofi-theme.5
+++ b/doc/rofi-theme.5
@@ -1626,7 +1626,9 @@ Each entry displayed by listview captured by a \fB\fCbox\fR called \fB\fCelement
 
 .PP
 A child added with another name is seen as a \fB\fCbox\fR, this can be used to tweak
-how an entry looks to expand to available space.
+how an entry looks when it expands to available space. This can be useful if
+there are multiple columns and on filtering the remaining columns should appear
+ centered with a fixed width.
 
 .SS listview text highlight
 .PP
diff --git a/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown b/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown
index c59b3918..65c7c24a 100644
--- a/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown
+++ b/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown
@@ -1003,7 +1003,9 @@ Each entry displayed by listview captured by a `box` called `element`. Each
 * `element-index`: A textbox widget that shows the shortcut keybinding number.
 
 A child added with another name is seen as a `box`, this can be used to tweak
-how an entry looks to expand to available space.
+how an entry looks when it expands to available space. This can be useful if
+there are multiple columns and on filtering the remaining columns should appear 
+ centered with a fixed width.
 
 #### listview text highlight