diff --git a/mercurial/revlog.py b/mercurial/revlog.py
--- a/mercurial/revlog.py
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ class revlog:
 
     @staticmethod
     def is_inline_index(header_bytes):
+        """Determine if a revlog is inline from the initial bytes of the index"""
         header = INDEX_HEADER.unpack(header_bytes)[0]
 
         _format_flags = header & ~0xFFFF