diff --git a/sa-builder/README.md b/sa-builder/README.md
index 5f51b07..870ddb6 100644
--- a/sa-builder/README.md
+++ b/sa-builder/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Options:
   -o, --output <OUTPUT>
           Output location where to store the suffix array
   -s, --sparseness-factor <SPARSENESS_FACTOR>
-          The sparseness_factor used on the suffix array (default value 1, which means every value in the SA is used) [default: 1]
+          The sparseness_factor used on the suffix array (default value 1, which means every value in the SA is used). Internally, a library call will be performed with a maximum sparseness of 5 (because of memory usage). If a higher sparsity is desired, the largest divisor smaller than or equal to 5 is used for the library call. Then, the SA is filtered to achieve the desired sparsity. [default: 1]
   -a, --construction-algorithm <CONSTRUCTION_ALGORITHM>
           The algorithm used to construct the suffix array (default value LibSais) [default: lib-sais] [possible values: lib-div-suf-sort, lib-sais]
   -c, --compress-sa
diff --git a/sa-builder/src/lib.rs b/sa-builder/src/lib.rs
index 50bfe06..92c4b09 100644
--- a/sa-builder/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sa-builder/src/lib.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn build_ssa(
 }
 
 // Max sparseness for libsais because it creates a bucket for each element of the alphabet (2 ^ (sparseness * bits_per_char) buckets).
-const MAX_SPARSENESS: usize = 5;
+const MAX_SPARSENESS: usize = 6;
 fn libsais64(text: &Vec<u8>, sparseness_factor: u8) -> Result<Vec<i64>, &str> {
     let sparseness_factor = sparseness_factor as usize;