diff --git a/docs/clmc-service.md b/docs/clmc-service.md
index bd6d53769f144081cc7d471b9a0bdb84bb9d7e6f..129b2359a1df1cab9f9660fa3dcd96f2fd2eee92 100644
--- a/docs/clmc-service.md
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@@ -363,7 +363,9 @@ with **/clmc-service** so that the nginx reverse proxy server (listening on port
 
     * Response:
     
-        The response of this request is a JSON content, which contains a single output message along with the status of the monitoring pipeline.
+        The response of this request is a JSON content, which contains a single output message along with the status of the monitoring pipeline (encountering
+        a 'sleeping' status should be expected, since the background process is executing only once per given delay; a 'zombie' status would indicate that
+        the process is dead).
 
         Returns a 404 Not Found error if the request ID is not associated with any graph monitoring process.