diff --git a/xmantissa/js/Mantissa/ScrollTable.js b/xmantissa/js/Mantissa/ScrollTable.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/xmantissa/js/Mantissa/ScrollTable.js
+++ b/xmantissa/js/Mantissa/ScrollTable.js
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ Mantissa.ScrollTable.ScrollingWidget.methods(
             cells);
     },
 
+    /**
+     * @param name: column name
+     * @return: boolean, indicating whether this column should not be rendered
+     */
     function skipColumn(self, name) {
         return false;
     },
merge #<I>.  provides visually distinct deferred messages and a convenience function in Axiom to register upgraders that copy attributes from the legacy item to the new item. author: moe, reviewer: glyph.  closes #<I>