From 4b83e8b52a906826570df49c7bd29a5c26050235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zach McKenzie <92116279+zm711@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:41:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix docstring and error

---
 src/spikeinterface/postprocessing/spike_amplitudes.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/postprocessing/spike_amplitudes.py b/src/spikeinterface/postprocessing/spike_amplitudes.py
index e82a9e61e4..f158952132 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/postprocessing/spike_amplitudes.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/postprocessing/spike_amplitudes.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class ComputeSpikeAmplitudes(AnalyzerExtension):
         The localization method to use
     method_kwargs : dict, default: dict()
         Other kwargs depending on the method.
-    outputs : "concatenated" | "by_unit", default: "concatenated"
-        The output format
+    outputs : "numpy" | "by_unit", default: "numpy"
+        The output format, either concatenated as numpy array or separated on a per unit basis
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def _get_data(self, outputs="numpy"):
                     amplitudes_by_units[segment_index][unit_id] = all_amplitudes[inds]
             return amplitudes_by_units
         else:
-            raise ValueError(f"Wrong .get_data(outputs={outputs})")
+            raise ValueError(f"Wrong .get_data(outputs={outputs}); possibilities are `numpy` or `by_unit`")
 
 
 register_result_extension(ComputeSpikeAmplitudes)