diff --git a/docs/co2footprint.md b/docs/co2footprint.md
index 5f90498..4ee7d43 100644
--- a/docs/co2footprint.md
+++ b/docs/co2footprint.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ A CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent (CO<sub>2</sub>e) is a metric used to compare the em
 
 For this, the amounts of other gases are converted to the amount of CO<sub>2</sub> that would have the same impact on global warming (over a 100-year period).
 
-The formula used for the calculation of the carbon footprint ($C$) is:
+The formula used for the calculation of the carbon footprint ($CO_2e$) of one Nextflow task is:
 
-$C = t \cdot (n_c \cdot P_c \cdot u_c + n_m \cdot P_m) \cdot PUE \cdot CI$
+$CO_2e = t \cdot (n_c \cdot P_c \cdot u_c + n_m \cdot P_m) \cdot PUE \cdot CI$
 
 where
 
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ where
 **$PUE$** = the efficiency coefficient of the data centre<br/>
 **$CI$** = the carbon intensity of energy production, which represents the carbon footprint of producing 1 kWh of energy for a given country and energy mix
 
+For the final CO<sub>2</sub>e estimation of a pipeline run, the values of all cached and completed tasks are summed up.
+
 !!! warning
 
     Note that the usage of GPUs is not yet supported.