diff --git a/src/adw-clamp-layout.c b/src/adw-clamp-layout.c
index 9d0f1ac3f769057473e577c0af01fcb2217f0f14..e43b969cba071bf3741faf857a730121cfe64f5a 100644
--- a/src/adw-clamp-layout.c
+++ b/src/adw-clamp-layout.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ adw_clamp_layout_class_init (AdwClampLayoutClass *klass)
    *
    * Starting from this size, the layout will tighten its grip on the children,
    * slowly allocating less and less of the available size up to the maximum
-   * allocated size. Below that threshold and below the maximum width, the
+   * allocated size. Below that threshold and below the maximum size, the
    * children will be allocated all the available size.
    *
    * If the threshold is greater than the maximum size to allocate to the
diff --git a/src/adw-clamp.c b/src/adw-clamp.c
index 366395f7beb68b309d924e8ccc23b508e7a325b2..961b0fa8c01e6c184f4b0940539493499c22e1aa 100644
--- a/src/adw-clamp.c
+++ b/src/adw-clamp.c
@@ -194,11 +194,11 @@ adw_clamp_class_init (AdwClampClass *klass)
    *
    * Starting from this size, the clamp will tighten its grip on the child,
    * slowly allocating less and less of the available size up to the maximum
-   * allocated size. Below that threshold and below the maximum width, the child
+   * allocated size. Below that threshold and below the maximum size, the child
    * will be allocated all the available size.
    *
    * If the threshold is greater than the maximum size to allocate to the child,
-   * the child will be allocated all the width up to the maximum.
+   * the child will be allocated all the size up to the maximum.
    * If the threshold is lower than the minimum size to allocate to the child,
    * that size will be used as the tightening threshold.
    *