diff --git a/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-bad-plugins.args b/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-bad-plugins.args
index 07730dbb56..d70d914c40 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-bad-plugins.args
+++ b/docs/plugins/gst-plugins-bad-plugins.args
@@ -47599,7 +47599,7 @@
 <RANGE></RANGE>
 <FLAGS>rw</FLAGS>
 <NICK>angle</NICK>
-<BLURB>Angle at which the arc starts in radians.</BLURB>
+<BLURB>Angle by which the picture is rotated, in radians.</BLURB>
 <DEFAULT>0</DEFAULT>
 </ARG>
 
diff --git a/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c b/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c
index 493e2b674c..b48747986c 100644
--- a/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c
+++ b/gst/geometrictransform/gstrotate.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ gst_rotate_class_init (GstRotateClass * klass)
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_ANGLE,
       g_param_spec_double ("angle", "angle",
-          "Angle at which the arc starts in radians",
+          "Angle by which the picture is rotated, in radians",
           -G_MAXDOUBLE, G_MAXDOUBLE, DEFAULT_ANGLE,
           GST_PARAM_CONTROLLABLE | G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));