diff --git a/docs/spi.md b/docs/spi.md
index f3744eb..a31f6df 100644
--- a/docs/spi.md
+++ b/docs/spi.md
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ The periphery SPI functions return 0 on success or one of the negative error cod
 
 The libc errno of the failure in an underlying libc library call can be obtained with the `spi_errno()` helper function. A human readable error message can be obtained with the `spi_errmsg()` helper function.
 
-| Error Code            | Description                   |
-|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
-| `SPI_ERROR_ARG`       | Invalid arguments             |
-| `SPI_ERROR_OPEN`      | Opening SPI device            |
-| `SPI_ERROR_QUERY`     | Querying SPI device settings  |
-| `SPI_ERROR_CONFIGURE` | Configuring SPI device        |
-| `SPI_ERROR_TRANSFER`  | SPI transfer                  |
-| `SPI_ERROR_CLOSE`     | Closing SPI device            |
+| Error Code            | Description                       |
+|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
+| `SPI_ERROR_ARG`       | Invalid arguments                 |
+| `SPI_ERROR_OPEN`      | Opening SPI device                |
+| `SPI_ERROR_QUERY`     | Querying SPI device attributes    |
+| `SPI_ERROR_CONFIGURE` | Configuring SPI device attributes |
+| `SPI_ERROR_TRANSFER`  | SPI transfer                      |
+| `SPI_ERROR_CLOSE`     | Closing SPI device                |
 
 ### EXAMPLE
 
diff --git a/src/spi.h b/src/spi.h
index 04872e9..12422ec 100644
--- a/src/spi.h
+++ b/src/spi.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ extern "C" {
 enum spi_error_code {
     SPI_ERROR_ARG           = -1, /* Invalid arguments */
     SPI_ERROR_OPEN          = -2, /* Opening SPI device */
-    SPI_ERROR_QUERY         = -3, /* Querying SPI device settings */
-    SPI_ERROR_CONFIGURE     = -4, /* Configuring SPI device */
+    SPI_ERROR_QUERY         = -3, /* Querying SPI device attributes */
+    SPI_ERROR_CONFIGURE     = -4, /* Configuring SPI device attributes */
     SPI_ERROR_TRANSFER      = -5, /* SPI transfer */
     SPI_ERROR_CLOSE         = -6, /* Closing SPI device */
 };