diff --git a/eossr/api/__init__.py b/eossr/api/__init__.py
index a3173d0b6d4fc842bc60cdfa94971f97df5e73b8..954b19027456e4df6564f8fb9b3a35e337288133 100644
--- a/eossr/api/__init__.py
+++ b/eossr/api/__init__.py
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ escape_community = 'escape2020'
 
 def get_ossr_records(search='', sandbox=False, **kwargs):
     """
-    Retrieve all OSSR entries.
-    Potentially long when the number of records in the OSSR increases.
+    Search the OSSR for records whose names or descriptions include the provided string `search`.
+    Function rewritten from pyzenodo3 (https://github.com/space-physics/pyzenodo3)
 
     :param search: string
+        A string to refine the search in the OSSR. The default will search for all records in the OSSR.
     :param kwargs: Zenodo query arguments.
         For an exhaustive list, see the query arguments at https://developers.zenodo.org/#list36
         Common arguments are:
diff --git a/eossr/api/zenodo/__init__.py b/eossr/api/zenodo/__init__.py
index cee4ed0468e7ea654000b13045c758ad525ffb61..043e31f02c67643af8cc08a2d1cf37c492434366 100644
--- a/eossr/api/zenodo/__init__.py
+++ b/eossr/api/zenodo/__init__.py
@@ -482,10 +482,11 @@ class Record:
 
 def get_zenodo_records(search='', sandbox=False, **kwargs):
     """
-    Search the ossr based on `search`.
+    Search Zenodo for records whose names or descriptions include the provided string `search`.
     Function rewritten from pyzenodo3 (https://github.com/space-physics/pyzenodo3)
 
     :param search: string
+        A string to refine the search in Zenodo. The default will search for all records.
     :param kwargs: Zenodo query arguments.
         For an exhaustive list, see the query arguments at https://developers.zenodo.org/#list36
         Common arguments are: