  In [arXiv:1404.1461], Yan and Minnhagen argue that the scaling law for the
text-length dependence of word-frequency distributions proposed in [New J.
Phys. 15 093033, arXiv:1303.0705] is "fundamentally incorrect" and
"fundamentally impossible". In this note, we reason that such claims are
clearly unjustified, with the scaling law being clearly valid for absolute
frequencies greater than about 10. Further, we show that the very
counter-example provided by Yan and Minnhagen [arXiv:1404.1461] fulfils our
scaling hypothesis with excellent accuracy, at odds with Yan and Minnhagen's
criticisms, and supporting our approach.
