diff --git a/include/wlr/render/egl.h b/include/wlr/render/egl.h
index 46af0cf8..4ab672d3 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/egl.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/egl.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ EGLImageKHR wlr_egl_create_image_from_dmabuf(struct wlr_egl *egl,
 	struct wlr_dmabuf_attributes *attributes, bool *external_only);
 
 /**
- * Get the available dmabuf formats
+ * Get DMA-BUF formats suitable for sampling usage.
  */
 const struct wlr_drm_format_set *wlr_egl_get_dmabuf_formats(struct wlr_egl *egl);
 
diff --git a/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h b/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
index 915ec915..1de69e16 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ void wlr_render_ellipse(struct wlr_renderer *r, const struct wlr_box *box,
 void wlr_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	const float color[static 4], const float matrix[static 9]);
 /**
- * Returns a list of pixel formats supported by this renderer.
+ * Get the shared-memory formats supporting import usage. Buffers allocated
+ * with a format from this list may be imported via wlr_texture_from_pixels.
  */
 const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_formats(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	size_t *len);
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ bool wlr_renderer_resource_is_wl_drm_buffer(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 void wlr_renderer_wl_drm_buffer_get_size(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 	struct wl_resource *buffer, int *width, int *height);
 /**
- * Get the available DMA-BUF formats.
+ * Get the DMA-BUF formats supporting sampling usage. Buffers allocated with
+ * a format from this list may be imported via wlr_texture_from_dmabuf.
  */
 const struct wlr_drm_format_set *wlr_renderer_get_dmabuf_formats(
 	struct wlr_renderer *renderer);