diff --git a/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.core/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/nattable/core/layer/axis/Axis.xtend b/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.core/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/nattable/core/layer/axis/Axis.xtend
index f7721c7..ab9d18c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.core/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/nattable/core/layer/axis/Axis.xtend
+++ b/org.eclipse.nebula.widgets.nattable.core/src/org/eclipse/nebula/widgets/nattable/core/layer/axis/Axis.xtend
@@ -28,17 +28,19 @@
 	def double getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(int segmentPosition)
 	
 	/**
-	 * Gets the origin pixel location of the segment at the given position. The is the pixel location to be used when rendering the cell.
-	 * This is normally the same as getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(segmentPosition).
+	 * Gets the origin pixel location of the segment at the given position. The is the pixel location to be used when rendering cells at this segment location.
+	 * This is normally the same as getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(segmentPosition),
+	 * but this can be changed if you want to offset the painting bounds from the geometric bounds of this segment.
 	 * 
 	 * @param segmentPosition
-	 * @return The origin pixel location of the given segment position.
+	 * @return The origin pixel location of the given segment position
 	 */
 	def double getOriginPixelOfSegmentPosition(int segmentPosition)
 	
 	/**
-	 * Gets the pixel size of the segment at the given position. This is the size to be used when rendering the cell.
-	 * This is normally the same as getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(segmentPosition + 1) - getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(segmentPosition).
+	 * Gets the pixel size of the segment at the given position. This is the size to be used when rendering cells at this segment location.
+	 * This is normally the same as getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(segmentPosition + 1) - getStartPixelOfSegmentPosition(segmentPosition),
+	 * but this can be changed if you want to offset the painting bounds from the geometric bounds of this segment.
 	 * 
 	 * @param segmentPosition
 	 * @return The pixel size of the given segment position.