diff --git a/include/secp256k1.h b/include/secp256k1.h
index dddab346..e89db35c 100644
--- a/include/secp256k1.h
+++ b/include/secp256k1.h
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_compact(
  *
  *  Returns: 1: correct signature
  *           0: incorrect or unparseable signature
- *  Args:    ctx:       a secp256k1 context object, initialized for verification.
+ *  Args:    ctx:       a secp256k1 context object.
  *  In:      sig:       the signature being verified.
  *           msghash32: the 32-byte message hash being verified.
  *                      The verifier must make sure to apply a cryptographic
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_add(
  *  Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid or the resulting public key would be
  *           invalid (only when the tweak is the negation of the corresponding
  *           secret key). 1 otherwise.
- *  Args:    ctx:   pointer to a context object initialized for validation.
+ *  Args:    ctx:   pointer to a context object.
  *  In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object. pubkey will be set to an
  *                  invalid value if this function returns 0.
  *  In:    tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_ec_privkey_tweak_mul(
 /** Tweak a public key by multiplying it by a tweak value.
  *
  *  Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid. 1 otherwise.
- *  Args:    ctx:   pointer to a context object initialized for validation.
+ *  Args:    ctx:   pointer to a context object.
  *  In/Out: pubkey: pointer to a public key object. pubkey will be set to an
  *                  invalid value if this function returns 0.
  *  In:    tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according to
diff --git a/include/secp256k1_extrakeys.h b/include/secp256k1_extrakeys.h
index 09cbeaaa..151e8c27 100644
--- a/include/secp256k1_extrakeys.h
+++ b/include/secp256k1_extrakeys.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_from_pubke
  *           invalid (only when the tweak is the negation of the corresponding
  *           secret key). 1 otherwise.
  *
- *  Args:           ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for verification.
+ *  Args:           ctx: pointer to a context object.
  *  Out:  output_pubkey: pointer to a public key to store the result. Will be set
  *                       to an invalid value if this function returns 0.
  *  In: internal_pubkey: pointer to an x-only pubkey to apply the tweak to.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_tweak_add(
  *
  *  Returns: 0 if the arguments are invalid or the tweaked pubkey is not the
  *           result of tweaking the internal_pubkey with tweak32. 1 otherwise.
- *  Args:            ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for verification.
+ *  Args:            ctx: pointer to a context object.
  *  In: tweaked_pubkey32: pointer to a serialized xonly_pubkey.
  *     tweaked_pk_parity: the parity of the tweaked pubkey (whose serialization
  *                        is passed in as tweaked_pubkey32). This must match the
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ SECP256K1_API SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int secp256k1_keypair_xonly_pub(
  *           invalid (only when the tweak is the negation of the keypair's
  *           secret key). 1 otherwise.
  *
- *  Args:       ctx: pointer to a context object initialized for verification.
+ *  Args:       ctx: pointer to a context object.
  *  In/Out: keypair: pointer to a keypair to apply the tweak to. Will be set to
  *                   an invalid value if this function returns 0.
  *  In:     tweak32: pointer to a 32-byte tweak. If the tweak is invalid according
diff --git a/include/secp256k1_recovery.h b/include/secp256k1_recovery.h
index 0e2847db..d14f4fe6 100644
--- a/include/secp256k1_recovery.h
+++ b/include/secp256k1_recovery.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_ecdsa_sign_recoverable(
  *
  *  Returns: 1: public key successfully recovered (which guarantees a correct signature).
  *           0: otherwise.
- *  Args:    ctx:       pointer to a context object, initialized for verification.
+ *  Args:    ctx:       pointer to a context object.
  *  Out:     pubkey:    pointer to the recovered public key.
  *  In:      sig:       pointer to initialized signature that supports pubkey recovery.
  *           msghash32: the 32-byte message hash assumed to be signed.
diff --git a/include/secp256k1_schnorrsig.h b/include/secp256k1_schnorrsig.h
index 5fedcb07..41532868 100644
--- a/include/secp256k1_schnorrsig.h
+++ b/include/secp256k1_schnorrsig.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ SECP256K1_API int secp256k1_schnorrsig_sign_custom(
  *
  *  Returns: 1: correct signature
  *           0: incorrect signature
- *  Args:    ctx: a secp256k1 context object, initialized for verification.
+ *  Args:    ctx: a secp256k1 context object.
  *  In:    sig64: pointer to the 64-byte signature to verify.
  *           msg: the message being verified. Can only be NULL if msglen is 0.
  *        msglen: length of the message