diff --git a/include/mbedtls/rsa.h b/include/mbedtls/rsa.h
index ba3a7605dd..7b7c3e864c 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/rsa.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/rsa.h
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ int mbedtls_rsa_set_padding(mbedtls_rsa_context *ctx, int padding,
                             mbedtls_md_type_t hash_id);
 
 /**
- * \brief          This function retrieves padding mode of RSA modulus.
+ * \brief          This function retrieves padding mode of initialized
+ *                 RSA context.
  *
  * \param ctx      The initialized RSA context.
  *
diff --git a/library/rsa.c b/library/rsa.c
index fc7f3bc272..63102d7a0e 100644
--- a/library/rsa.c
+++ b/library/rsa.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int mbedtls_rsa_set_padding(mbedtls_rsa_context *ctx, int padding,
 }
 
 /*
- * Get padding mode of RSA modulus
+ * Get padding mode of initialized RSA context
  */
 int mbedtls_rsa_get_padding_mode(const mbedtls_rsa_context *ctx)
 {