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-rw-r--r--scripts/tracetool/__init__.py8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
index a744e26f91..e3685bd0ca 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Event(object):
         props : list of str
             Property names.
         fmt : str, list of str
-            Event printing format (or formats).
+            Event printing format string(s).
         args : Arguments
             Event arguments.
         orig : Event or None
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ class Event(object):
         if "tcg-exec" in props:
             raise ValueError("Invalid property 'tcg-exec'")
         if "tcg" not in props and not isinstance(fmt, str):
-            raise ValueError("Only events with 'tcg' property can have two formats")
+            raise ValueError("Only events with 'tcg' property can have two format strings")
         if "tcg" in props and isinstance(fmt, str):
-            raise ValueError("Events with 'tcg' property must have two formats")
+            raise ValueError("Events with 'tcg' property must have two format strings")
 
         event = Event(name, props, fmt, args)
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class Event(object):
     _FMT = re.compile("(%[\d\.]*\w+|%.*PRI\S+)")
 
     def formats(self):
-        """List of argument print formats."""
+        """List conversion specifiers in the argument print format string."""
         assert not isinstance(self.fmt, list)
         return self._FMT.findall(self.fmt)