-object which, note, lives in the @strong{staff} context. Because
-accidentals are always positioned after and to the left of
-note heads only the @code{right-padding} property has any effect.
+object which, note, lives in the @strong{staff} context. In the
+type-setting process the note heads are type-set first and then
+the accidentals, if any, are added to the left of the note heads
+using the @code{right-padding} property to determine the separation
+from the note heads. So only the @code{right-padding} property of the
+@code{AccidentalPlacement} object has any effect on the placement
+of the accidentals.