diff --git a/R/assess_size_codebase.R b/R/assess_size_codebase.R
index 2337111..24cf384 100644
--- a/R/assess_size_codebase.R
+++ b/R/assess_size_codebase.R
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ assess_size_codebase.pkg_source <- function(x, ...) {
 #'
 #' @eval roxygen_score_family("size_codebase")
 #'
-#' @return numeric value between \code{0} (low) and \code{1} (large number of lines of code) converting the number of downloads.
+#' @return numeric value between \code{0} (for large codebase) and \code{1} (for small codebase)
 #' @export
 metric_score.pkg_metric_size_codebase <- function(x, ...) {
   1.5 / (x / 1e2 + 1.5)
diff --git a/man/metric_score.pkg_metric_size_codebase.Rd b/man/metric_score.pkg_metric_size_codebase.Rd
index d356836..c52158a 100644
--- a/man/metric_score.pkg_metric_size_codebase.Rd
+++ b/man/metric_score.pkg_metric_size_codebase.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 \item{...}{additional arguments unused}
 }
 \value{
-numeric value between \code{0} (low) and \code{1} (large number of lines of code) converting the number of downloads.
+numeric value between \code{0} (for large codebase) and \code{1} (for small codebase)
 }
 \description{
 Scores packages based on its codebase size, as determined by number of lines of code.