diff --git a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
index 54338bca4..1a4f6c8a8 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
+++ b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ notcurses_plane - operations on ncplanes
 #define NCPLANE_OPTION_HORALIGNED 0x0001ull
 
 typedef struct ncplane_options {
-  int y;            // vertical placement relative to parent plane
+  int y;            // placement relative to parent plane
   union {
     int x;
     ncalign_e align;
-  } horiz;          // horizontal placement relative to parent plane
+  } horiz;          // placement relative to parent plane
   int rows;         // number of rows, must be positive
   int cols;         // number of columns, must be positive
   void* userptr;    // user curry, may be NULL
   const char* name; // name (used only for debugging), may be NULL
-  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // callback when parent is resized
+  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // called on parent resize
   uint64_t flags;   // closure over NCPLANE_OPTION_*
 } ncplane_options;
 ```
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_stats.3.md b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_stats.3.md
index df087f88f..9a162a2dc 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_stats.3.md
+++ b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_stats.3.md
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ typedef struct ncstats {
   int64_t render_max_bytes;  // max bytes emitted for a frame
   int64_t render_min_bytes;  // min bytes emitted for a frame
   uint64_t render_ns;        // nanoseconds spent in render+raster
-  int64_t render_max_ns;     // max ns spent in render+raster for a frame
-  int64_t render_min_ns;     // min ns spent in render+raster for a frame
-  uint64_t writeout_ns;      // nanoseconds spent writing frames to terminal
+  int64_t render_max_ns;     // max ns spent for a frame
+  int64_t render_min_ns;     // min ns spent for a frame
+  uint64_t writeout_ns;      // ns spent writing frames to terminal
   int64_t writeout_max_ns;   // max ns spent writing out a frame
   int64_t writeout_min_ns;   // min ns spent writing out a frame
   uint64_t cellelisions;     // cells elided entirely