diff --git a/doc/users/plotting/examples/simple_legend01.py b/doc/users/plotting/examples/simple_legend01.py
index a234f970db95..8e0ede331670 100644
--- a/doc/users/plotting/examples/simple_legend01.py
+++ b/doc/users/plotting/examples/simple_legend01.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 plt.subplot(211)
 plt.plot([1,2,3], label="test1")
 plt.plot([3,2,1], label="test2")
-# Place a legend above this legend, expanding itself to
+# Place a legend above this subplot, expanding itself to
 # fully use the given bounding box.
 plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(0., 1.02, 1., .102), loc=3,
            ncol=2, mode="expand", borderaxespad=0.)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 plt.subplot(223)
 plt.plot([1,2,3], label="test1")
 plt.plot([3,2,1], label="test2")
-# Place a legend to the right of this smaller figure.
+# Place a legend to the right of this smaller subplot.
 plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 1), loc=2, borderaxespad=0.)
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
index 2e23b7e3bdfc..c9f291197398 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/offsetbox.py
@@ -754,12 +754,12 @@ def __init__(self, s,
         self._minimumdescent = minimumdescent
 
     def set_text(self, s):
-        "set text"
+        "Set the text of this area as a string."
         self._text.set_text(s)
         self.stale = True
 
     def get_text(self):
-        "get text"
+        "Returns the string representation of this area's text"
         return self._text.get_text()
 
     def set_multilinebaseline(self, t):