Caption (text)

A caption is a short descriptive or explanatory text, usually one or two sentences long, which accompanies a photograph, picture, map, graph, pictorial illustration, figure, table or some other form of graphic content contained in a book or in a newspaper or magazine article.

In technical writing, however, the caption is usually positioned above a table.

In magazines and similar publications, a caption can be placed opposite the picture or sometimes on top of the picture itself.

[4] In technical writing, the caption usually contains the number of the figure or the table, as well as lengthy and complete details about the figure.

The source of the information in a caption is usually cited at the end of it.