diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a8f13e9a1..dd3f64197 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ rye761 <ryebread761@gmail.com>
 Guillem Palau Salvà <guillempalausalva@gmail.com>
 Meredith Derecho <meredithderecho@gmail.com>
 Daniel Wallgren <github.com/wallgrenen>
+Kerrick Staley <kerrick@kerrickstaley.com>
+
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 The text of the 3 clause BSD license follows:
diff --git a/rslib/src/storage/schema11.sql b/rslib/src/storage/schema11.sql
index 633a796d2..418c5bdb5 100644
--- a/rslib/src/storage/schema11.sql
+++ b/rslib/src/storage/schema11.sql
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ CREATE TABLE notes (
   usn integer NOT NULL,
   tags text NOT NULL,
   flds text NOT NULL,
+  -- The use of type integer for sfld is deliberate, because it means that integer values in this
+  -- field will sort numerically.
   sfld integer NOT NULL,
   csum integer NOT NULL,
   flags integer NOT NULL,