diff --git a/docs/developers.md b/docs/developers.md
index b1d5b21..da8bd41 100644
--- a/docs/developers.md
+++ b/docs/developers.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # For developers
 
-## New release
+## Adding new backends
+
+See [interface.py], which defines the interface of a backend and may serve as a template for creating new backends.
+
+
+
+## Creating new release
 
 To create a new release, it is good to have a release summary.
 
@@ -15,3 +21,8 @@ Then, go to [create a new GitHub releases](https://github.com/EMMC-ASBL/tripper/
 Add again the tag as the release title (optionally write something else that defines this release as a title).
 
 Finally, press the "Publish release" button and ensure the release workflow succeeds (check [the release workflow](https://github.com/EMMC-ASBL/tripper/actions/workflows/cd_release.yml)).
+
+
+
+
+[interface.py]: https://github.com/EMMC-ASBL/tripper/blob/master/tripper/interface.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 472dc7e..2211ab0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dataset = [
     "requests>=2.0.0,<3.4.1",  # todo: check lower version
 ]
 pre-commit = [
-    "pre-commit==2.21.0",
+    "pre-commit==4.0.1",
     "pylint==2.15.5",
 ]
 testing-core = [
diff --git a/tests/test_triplestore.py b/tests/test_triplestore.py
index dcce55f..d409feb 100644
--- a/tests/test_triplestore.py
+++ b/tests/test_triplestore.py
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ def test_triplestore(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
     # ) == example_function.__doc__
     assert ts.value(func_iri, DCTERMS.description, lang="de") is None
 
+    # Test the `prefer_sparql` property
+    facit = {
+        "collection": False,
+        "ontopy": False,
+        "rdflib": False,
+        "sparqlwrapper": True,
+    }
+    assert ts.prefer_sparql == facit[backend]
+
 
 # if True:
 def test_restriction() -> None:  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
diff --git a/tripper/interface.py b/tripper/interface.py
index dfcd562..a16f5b9 100644
--- a/tripper/interface.py
+++ b/tripper/interface.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ITriplestore(Protocol):
 
     ```python
 
-    # Whether the backend perfers SPQRQL queries instead calling the
+    # Whether the backend perfers SPQRQL queries instead of using the
     # triples() method.
     prefer_sparql = True
 
diff --git a/tripper/triplestore.py b/tripper/triplestore.py
index b7e5ab7..71dc585 100644
--- a/tripper/triplestore.py
+++ b/tripper/triplestore.py
@@ -545,6 +545,15 @@ def list_databases(cls, backend: str, **kwargs):
         doc=(
             "Whether the backend prefer SPARQL over the triples() interface. "
             "Is None if not specified by the backend."
+            "\n\n"
+            "Even though Tripper requires that the Triplestore.triples() is "
+            "implemented, Triplestore.query() must be used for some "
+            "backends in specific cases (like fuseki when working on RDF "
+            "lists) because of how blank nodes are treated. "
+            "\n\n"
+            "The purpose of this property is to let tripper "
+            "automatically select the most appropriate interface depending "
+            "on the current backend settings."
         ),
     )