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diff --git a/ipa-server/xmlrpc-server/funcs.py b/ipa-server/xmlrpc-server/funcs.py
index 6bd404012..d4cbb3ef4 100644
--- a/ipa-server/xmlrpc-server/funcs.py
+++ b/ipa-server/xmlrpc-server/funcs.py
@@ -1123,7 +1123,14 @@ class IPAServer:
return True
def get_groups_by_member (self, member_dn, sattrs, opts=None):
- """Get a specific group's entry. Return as a dict of values.
+ """Get all of the groups an object is explicitly a member of.
+
+ This does not include groups an entry may be a member of as a
+ result of recursion (being a group that is a member of another
+ group). In other words, this searches on 'member' and not
+ 'memberof'.
+
+ Return as a dict of values.
Multi-valued fields are represented as lists.
"""
if not member_dn: