diff --git a/mastodon/Mastodon.py b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
index 9967bdb..aa5ccbe 100644
--- a/mastodon/Mastodon.py
+++ b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         Fetch account information by user id.
 
+        To retreive a user id from it's address (user@instance.com), uses the account_search method.
+
         Returns a user dict.
         """
         return self.__api_request('GET', '/api/v1/accounts/' + str(id))
@@ -292,6 +294,8 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         Fetch statuses by user id. Same options as timeline are permitted.
 
+        To retreive a user id from it's address (user@instance.com), uses the account_search method.
+
         Returns a list of toot dicts.
         """
         params = self.__generate_params(locals(), ['id'])
@@ -301,6 +305,8 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         Fetch users the given user is following.
 
+        To retreive a user id from it's address (user@instance.com), uses the account_search method.
+
         Returns a list of user dicts.
         """
         return self.__api_request('GET', '/api/v1/accounts/' + str(id) + '/following')
@@ -309,6 +315,8 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         Fetch users the given user is followed by.
 
+        To retreive a user id from it's address (user@instance.com), uses the account_search method.
+
         Returns a list of user dicts.
         """
         return self.__api_request('GET', '/api/v1/accounts/' + str(id) + '/followers')
@@ -318,6 +326,8 @@ class Mastodon:
         Fetch relationships (following, followed_by, blocking) of the logged in user to
         a given account. id can be a list.
 
+        To retreive a user id from it's address (user@instance.com), uses the account_search method.
+
         Returns a list of relationship dicts.
         """
         params = self.__generate_params(locals())