diff --git a/n3fit/src/n3fit/checks.py b/n3fit/src/n3fit/checks.py
index 1c4310df8e6bbe37d54bb23c8e87cc1822dc1d73..a3df005a46773dca73ce213c0c068ea84072fe5b 100644
--- a/n3fit/src/n3fit/checks.py
+++ b/n3fit/src/n3fit/checks.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def check_dropout(parameters):
 
 
 def check_tensorboard(tensorboard):
-    """ Check that the tensorbard callback can enabled correctly """
+    """ Check that the tensorbard callback can be enabled correctly """
     if tensorboard is not None:
         weight_freq = tensorboard.get("weight_freq", 0)
         if weight_freq < 0:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def check_tensorboard(tensorboard):
 
 def check_lagrange_multipliers(parameters, key):
     """Checks the parameters in a lagrange multiplier dictionary
-    are correct (positivity, integrability)"""
+    are correct, e.g. for positivity and integrability"""
     lagrange_dict = parameters.get(key)
     if lagrange_dict is None:
         return