diff --git a/include/villas/nodes/socket.hpp b/include/villas/nodes/socket.hpp
index a1f14320c..039615ef8 100644
--- a/include/villas/nodes/socket.hpp
+++ b/include/villas/nodes/socket.hpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** Node type: socket
+/** The socket node-type for Layer 2, 3, 4 BSD-style sockets
  *
  * @file
  * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
diff --git a/lib/nodes/socket.cpp b/lib/nodes/socket.cpp
index 311b54711..266a50137 100644
--- a/lib/nodes/socket.cpp
+++ b/lib/nodes/socket.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** Various socket related functions
+/** The socket node-type for Layer 2, 3, 4 BSD-style sockets
  *
  * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
  * @copyright 2014-2020, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC