diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f647b6e..c2bd069 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Refer [here](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/v1/README.md) for previous
     # Default: true
     clean: ''
 
-    # Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history.
+    # Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.
     # Default: 1
     fetch-depth: ''
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 71655da..91d3982 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Whether to execute `git clean -ffdx && git reset --hard HEAD` before fetching'
     default: true
   fetch-depth:
-    description: 'Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history.'
+    description: 'Number of commits to fetch. 0 indicates all history for all branches and tags.'
     default: 1
   lfs:
     description: 'Whether to download Git-LFS files'