Letkbe a field of characteristicp>0 and D≠0 a family ofk-derivations ofk[x,y]. It is proved in [1] thatk[x,y]D, the ring of constants with respect to D, can be generated, as ak[xp,yp]-algebra, byp- 1 elements. In this note we prove thatp- 1 is the sharp upper bound of numbers of generators.