diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/prst1/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/prst1/driver.py
index 74692447ab..a2b3716c05 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/prst1/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/prst1/driver.py
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ class PRST1(USBMS):
                     '\n'+tb)
 
 	def get_lastrowid(self, cursor):
+		# SQLite3 + Python has a fun issue on 32-bit systems with integer overflows.
+		# Issue a SQL query instead, getting the value as a string, and then converting to a long python int manually.
 		query = 'SELECT last_insert_rowid()'
 		cursor.execute(query)
 		row = cursor.fetchone()