diff --git a/stumpy/floss.py b/stumpy/floss.py
index 0a498e4cf..6a692a8fd 100644
--- a/stumpy/floss.py
+++ b/stumpy/floss.py
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ class floss(object):
     -------
     update(t)
         Ingress a new data point, `t`, onto the time series, `T`, followed by egressing
-        a oldest single data point from `T`. Then, update the corrected arc curve (CAC)
-        and the matrix profile.
+        the oldest single data point from `T`. Then, update the 1-dimensional corrected
+        arc curve (CAC_1D) and the matrix profile.
 
     Notes
     -----
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ def __init__(
     def update(self, t):
         """
         Ingress a new data point, `t`, onto the time series, `T`, followed by egressing
-        a oldest single data point from `T`. Then, update the 1-dimensional corrected
+        the oldest single data point from `T`. Then, update the 1-dimensional corrected
         arc curve (CAC_1D) and the matrix profile.
 
         Parameters
diff --git a/stumpy/scrump.py b/stumpy/scrump.py
index 2aad66078..2dcde2471 100644
--- a/stumpy/scrump.py
+++ b/stumpy/scrump.py
@@ -612,8 +612,9 @@ class scrump(object):
     Methods
     -------
     update()
-        Update the matrix profile and matrix profile indices by computing additional
-        (as defined by `percentage`) new distances that make up the full distance matrix
+        Update the matrix profile and the matrix profile indices by computing
+        additional new distances (limited by `percentage`) that make up the full
+        distance matrix.
 
     Notes
     -----
@@ -747,8 +748,9 @@ def __init__(
 
     def update(self):
         """
-        Update the matrix profile and matrix profile indices by computing additional
-        (as defined by `percentage`) new distances that make up the full distance matrix
+        Update the matrix profile and the matrix profile indices by computing
+        additional new distances (limited by `percentage`) that make up the full 
+        distance matrix.
         """
         if self._chunk <= self._n_chunks:
             orders_ranges = _get_orders_ranges(