documentation tweaks

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/six.py b/six.py
index 6ecf614..8d9ac41 100644
--- a/six.py
+++ b/six.py
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ def add_metaclass(metaclass):
 
 
 def ensure_binary(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-    """ A helper function to ensure output is six.binary_type.
+    """Coerce **s** to six.binary_type.
 
     For Python 2:
       - `unicode` -> encoded to `str`
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ def ensure_binary(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
 
 
 def ensure_str(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-    """ A helper function to ensure output is `str`.
+    """Coerce *s* to `str`.
 
     For Python 2:
       - `unicode` -> encoded to `str`
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ def ensure_str(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
 
 
 def ensure_text(s, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
-    """ A helper function to ensure output is six.text_type.
+    """Coerce *s* to six.text_type.
 
     For Python 2:
       - `unicode` -> `unicode`