diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst
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@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ Table areas that you want Camelot to analyze can be passed as a list of comma-se
 .. csv-table::
   :file: ../_static/csv/table_areas.csv
 
+.. note:: ``table_areas`` accepts strings of the form x1,y1,x2,y2 where (x1, y1) -> top-left and (x2, y2) -> bottom-right in PDF coordinate space. In PDF coordinate space, the bottom-left corner of the page is the origin, with coordinates (0, 0). 
+
 Specify table regions
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