1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb b/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb
index 39b9cd30a..51ed17bff 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/yumrepo.rb
@@ -233,12 +233,14 @@ module Puppet
         end
 
         newparam(:name) do
-            desc "The name of the repository."
+            desc "The name of the repository.  This corresponds to the
+                  repositoryid parameter in yum.conf(5)."
             isnamevar
         end
 
         newproperty(:descr, :parent => Puppet::IniProperty) do
             desc "A human readable description of the repository.
+                  This corresponds to the name parameter in yum.conf(5).
                   #{ABSENT_DOC}"
             newvalue(:absent) { self.should = :absent }
             newvalue(/.*/) { }