X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/14ecfc78344bec4c044770e823246f5a40253d41..499110f549cc2c369ea3a0fb55a79a11bdc0352f:/src/nominatim_api/search/query.py

diff --git a/src/nominatim_api/search/query.py b/src/nominatim_api/search/query.py
index 02ebbb5b..b2e18337 100644
--- a/src/nominatim_api/search/query.py
+++ b/src/nominatim_api/search/query.py
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ class BreakType(enum.Enum):
     END = '>'
     """ End of the query. """
     PHRASE = ','
-    """ Break between two phrases. """
+    """ Hard break between two phrases. Address parts cannot cross hard
+        phrase boundaries."""
+    SOFT_PHRASE = ':'
+    """ Likely break between two phrases. Address parts should not cross soft
+        phrase boundaries. Soft breaks can be inserted by a preprocessor
+        that is analysing the input string.
+    """
     WORD = ' '
     """ Break between words. """
     PART = '-'