diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/base.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/base.hpp
index 21a61a4e53..cc4cc0ddd2 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/base.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/base.hpp
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ enum BorderTypes {
     BORDER_REFLECT     = 2, //!< `fedcba|abcdefgh|hgfedcb`
     BORDER_WRAP        = 3, //!< `cdefgh|abcdefgh|abcdefg`
     BORDER_REFLECT_101 = 4, //!< `gfedcb|abcdefgh|gfedcba`
-    BORDER_TRANSPARENT = 5, //!< `uvwxyz|abcdefgh|ijklmno`
+    BORDER_TRANSPARENT = 5, //!< `uvwxyz|abcdefgh|ijklmno` - Treats outliers as transparent.
 
     BORDER_REFLECT101  = BORDER_REFLECT_101, //!< same as BORDER_REFLECT_101
     BORDER_DEFAULT     = BORDER_REFLECT_101, //!< same as BORDER_REFLECT_101
-    BORDER_ISOLATED    = 16 //!< do not look outside of ROI
+    BORDER_ISOLATED    = 16 //!< Interpolation restricted within the ROI boundaries.
 };
 
 //! @} core_array