diff --git a/docs/reference/config.rst b/docs/reference/config.rst
index 58656256f9..26a07e643d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/config.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/config.rst
@@ -326,13 +326,15 @@ The defaults look like this::
 
 See :ref:`aunique` for more details.
 
+
 .. _config-sunique:
 
 sunique
 ~~~~~~~
 
-These options are used to generate a string that is guaranteed to be unique
-among all singletons in the library who share the same set of keys.
+Like :ref:`config-aunique` above for albums, these options control the
+generation of a unique string to disambiguate *singletons* that share similar
+metadata.
 
 The defaults look like this::
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/pathformat.rst b/docs/reference/pathformat.rst
index b52c2b32a3..7c52a92eb2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/pathformat.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/pathformat.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ These functions are built in to beets:
   option.
 * ``%aunique{identifiers,disambiguators,brackets}``: Provides a unique string
   to disambiguate similar albums in the database. See :ref:`aunique`, below.
-* ``%sunique{identifiers,disambiguators,brackets}``: Provides a unique string
+* ``%sunique{identifiers,disambiguators,brackets}``: Similarly, a unique string
   to disambiguate similar singletons in the database. See :ref:`sunique`, below.
 * ``%time{date_time,format}``: Return the date and time in any format accepted
   by `strftime`_. For example, to get the year some music was added to your
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ Singleton Disambiguation
 ------------------------
 
 It is also possible to have singleton tracks with the same name and the same
-artist. Beets provides the ``%sunique{}`` template to avoid having the same
-file path.
+artist. Beets provides the ``%sunique{}`` template to avoid giving these
+tracks the same file path.
 
 It has the same arguments as the :ref:`%aunique <aunique>` template, but the default
 values are different. The default identifiers are ``artist title`` and the