diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/node_pipeline.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/node_pipeline.py
index 8ca4ba7f3a..53c2445c77 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/node_pipeline.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/node_pipeline.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def run_node_pipeline(
     recording_slices : None | list[tuple]
         Optionaly give a list of slices to run the pipeline only on some chunks of the recording.
         It must be a list of (segment_index, frame_start, frame_stop).
-        If None (default), the entire recording is computed.
+        If None (default), the function iterates over the entire duration of the recording.
 
     Returns
     -------
diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/sortingcomponents/peak_detection.py b/src/spikeinterface/sortingcomponents/peak_detection.py
index 233b16dcf7..d03744f8f9 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/sortingcomponents/peak_detection.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/sortingcomponents/peak_detection.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def detect_peaks(
     recording_slices : None | list[tuple]
         Optionaly give a list of slices to run the pipeline only on some chunks of the recording.
         It must be a list of (segment_index, frame_start, frame_stop).
-        If None (default), the entire recording is computed.
+        If None (default), the function iterates over the entire duration of the recording.
 
     {method_doc}
     {job_doc}