diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_bbs.cpp b/src/sbbs3/js_bbs.cpp
index f37b781702dc7a4128c15eb3a2ba3250a3776ad8..6b6effecd4e5579d4e845db21bf1042e2f849c82 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_bbs.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_bbs.cpp
@@ -2628,11 +2628,13 @@ static jsMethodSpec js_bbs_functions[] = {
 	,JSDOCSTR("post a message in the specified message sub-board (number or internal code) "
 		"with optinal <i>mode</i> (bitfield)")
 	},		
-	{"cfg_msg_scan",	js_msgscan_cfg,		0,	JSTYPE_VOID,	JSDOCSTR("[number mode]")
-	,JSDOCSTR("configure message scan")
+	{"cfg_msg_scan",	js_msgscan_cfg,		0,	JSTYPE_VOID,	JSDOCSTR("[number type]")
+	,JSDOCSTR("configure message scan "
+		"(<i>type</i> is either <tt>SCAN_CFG_NEW</tt> or <tt>SCAN_CFG_TOYOU</tt>)")
 	},		
-	{"cfg_msg_ptrs",	js_msgscan_ptrs,	0,	JSTYPE_VOID,	JSDOCSTR("[number mode]")
-	,JSDOCSTR("change message scan pointers")
+	{"cfg_msg_ptrs",	js_msgscan_ptrs,	0,	JSTYPE_VOID,	JSDOCSTR("[number type]")
+	,JSDOCSTR("change message scan pointer values "
+		"(<i>type</i> is either <tt>SCAN_CFG_NEW</tt> or <tt>SCAN_CFG_TOYOU</tt>)")
 	},		
 	{"reinit_msg_ptrs",	js_msgscan_reinit,	0,	JSTYPE_VOID,	""
 	,JSDOCSTR("re-initialize new message scan pointers")