diff --git a/app/api/crud.py b/app/api/crud.py
index 6970fe4..2c0adc8 100644
--- a/app/api/crud.py
+++ b/app/api/crud.py
@@ -188,11 +188,15 @@ async def get_terms(
     ----------
     data_element_URI : str
         Controlled term of neurobagel class for which all the available terms should be retrieved.
+    term_labels_path : Path
+        Path to JSON file containing term-label mappings for the vocabulary of the data element URI.
 
     Returns
     -------
     dict
-        Dictionary where the key is the Neurobagel class and values correspond to all the terms representing available (i.e. used) instances of that class in the graph.
+        Dictionary where the key is the Neurobagel class and the value is a list of dictionaries
+        corresponding to the available (i.e. used) instances of that class in the graph. Each instance dictionary
+        has two items: the 'TermURL' and the human-readable 'Label' for the term.
     """
     term_url_results = post_query_to_graph(
         util.create_terms_query(data_element_URI)
diff --git a/app/api/routers/attributes.py b/app/api/routers/attributes.py
index 2bc226e..6462311 100644
--- a/app/api/routers/attributes.py
+++ b/app/api/routers/attributes.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ async def get_term_labels_for_vocab(
 async def get_terms(
     data_element_URI: constr(regex=CONTROLLED_TERM_REGEX), request: Request
 ):
-    """When a GET request is sent, return a dict with the only key corresponding to controlled term of a neurobagel class and value corresponding to all the available terms."""
+    """
+    When a GET request is sent, return a dict with the only key corresponding to the controlled term of a neurobagel class,
+    and the value being a list of dictionaries each corresponding to an available class instance term from the graph.
+    """
     term_labels_path = None
 
     if data_element_URI == DataElementURI.assessment:
diff --git a/app/api/utility.py b/app/api/utility.py
index cc39e71..162bf2c 100644
--- a/app/api/utility.py
+++ b/app/api/utility.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def is_term_namespace_in_context(term_url: str) -> bool:
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    url : str
+    term_url : str
         A controlled term URI.
 
     Returns
@@ -277,8 +277,10 @@ def strip_namespace_from_term_uri(term: str, has_prefix: bool = False) -> str:
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    uri : str
+    term : str
         A controlled term URI.
+    has_prefix : bool, optional
+        Whether the term URI includes a namespace prefix (as opposed to the full namespace URI), by default False.
 
     Returns
     -------