diff --git a/lib/api/element-commands/updateValue.js b/lib/api/element-commands/updateValue.js
index b6edef932..7c2c907d7 100644
--- a/lib/api/element-commands/updateValue.js
+++ b/lib/api/element-commands/updateValue.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const BaseElementCommand = require('./_baseElementCommand.js');
/**
* Sends some text to an element. Can be used to set the value of a form element or to send a sequence of key strokes to an element. Any UTF-8 character may be specified.
*
- *
updateValue is equivalent with setValue and sendKeys with the exception that it clears the value beforehand.
+ * updateValue is equivalent with setValue in that it also clears the value beforehand.
*
* An object map with available keys and their respective UTF-8 characters, as defined on [W3C WebDriver draft spec](https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/#character-types), is loaded onto the main Nightwatch instance as `browser.Keys`.
*
diff --git a/lib/api/web-element/commands/setValue.js b/lib/api/web-element/commands/setValue.js
index 44cd42499..ec249246a 100644
--- a/lib/api/web-element/commands/setValue.js
+++ b/lib/api/web-element/commands/setValue.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/**
* Sends some text to an element. Can be used to set the value of a form element or to send a sequence of key strokes to an element. Any UTF-8 character may be specified.
*
- * From Nightwatch v2, setValue also clears the existing value of the element by calling the clearValue() beforehand.
+ * setValue also clears the existing value of the element by calling the clear() beforehand.
*
* An object map with available keys and their respective UTF-8 characters, as defined on [W3C WebDriver draft spec](https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/#character-types), is loaded onto the main Nightwatch instance as `browser.Keys`.
*
diff --git a/lib/api/web-element/commands/update.js b/lib/api/web-element/commands/update.js
index 8827ef951..c815e1dd6 100644
--- a/lib/api/web-element/commands/update.js
+++ b/lib/api/web-element/commands/update.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
/**
* Sends some text to an element. Can be used to set the value of a form element or to send a sequence of key strokes to an element. Any UTF-8 character may be specified.
*
+ * update also clears the existing value of the element by calling the clear() beforehand.
+ *
* An object map with available keys and their respective UTF-8 characters, as defined on [W3C WebDriver draft spec](https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/#character-types), is loaded onto the main Nightwatch instance as `browser.Keys`.
*
* For more info on working with DOM elements in Nightwatch, refer to the Finding & interacting with DOM Elements guide page.