diff --git a/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py b/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py
index a7c1b841ed05b3cd527653c2cc9ec3e5cc8d3b63..1829ed28a4b6e7e576ed92eeb53fdf8d85d05949 100644
--- a/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py
+++ b/meshmode/discretization/__init__.py
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ class ElementGroupBase(object):
 
     @property
     def nunit_dofs(self):
-        """The number of (for now: nodal) degrees of freedom associated with a
+        """The number of (for now: nodal) degrees of freedom ("DOFs") associated with a
         single element.
         """
         return self.unit_nodes.shape[-1]
 
     @property
     def ndofs(self):
-        """The total number of (for now: nodal) degrees of freedom associated with
+        """The total number of (for now: nodal) degrees of freedom ("DOFs") associated with
         the element group.
         """
         return self.nunit_dofs * self.nelements