diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index c69724b79..72312d517 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ <h1>ClickBench — a Benchmark For Analytical DBMS</h1>
                 System &amp; Machine
             </th>
             <th colspan="2">
-                Relative <span id="time-or-size">time</span> (lower is better)
+                Relative <span id="time-or-size">time</span> (lower is better).<br>
+                <span style="font-weight: normal" id="scale_hint"></span>
             </th>
         </tr>
     </thead>
@@ -1044,6 +1045,10 @@ <h2>Detailed Comparison</h2>
     }
 
     findPassiveSelectors(filtered_data);
+
+    /// The small hint below column heading "Relative time (lower is better)"
+    color = (document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-theme') == 'dark') ? 'blue' : 'brown';
+    document.getElementById("scale_hint").textContent = 'Different shades of ' + color + ' represent the same value at different scales (1x, 10x, 100x zoom).';
 }
 
 function isSubsequence(str, subseq) {