diff --git a/translate2modelcif.py b/translate2modelcif.py
index 214477e542af8e2ebbd0de03c701a809f4c55833..cc19cc348848bd764e594b88a9eca0b08566c35a 100644
--- a/translate2modelcif.py
+++ b/translate2modelcif.py
@@ -319,8 +319,13 @@ def _parse_colabfold_config(cnfg_file):
         description += f" with AlphaFold-Multimer (v{multimer_version})"
     else:
         description += f" with AlphaFold"
-    description += f" producing {cf_config['num_models']} models" \
-                   f" with {cf_config['num_recycles']} recycles each"
+    if cf_config["stop_at_score"] < 100:
+        # early stopping feature of ColabFold
+        upto = "up to "
+    else:
+        upto = ""
+    description += f" producing {upto}{cf_config['num_models']} models" \
+                   f" with {upto}{cf_config['num_recycles']} recycles each"
     if cf_config["use_amber"]:
         description += ", with AMBER relaxation"
     else: