diff --git a/docs/lib.md b/docs/lib.md
index 702c3087..4c36b0c5 100644
--- a/docs/lib.md
+++ b/docs/lib.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ def parse(
 ) -> Union[JSONDictType, List[JSONDictType], Iterator[JSONDictType]]
 ```
 
-Parse the string or bytes data using the supplied parser module.
+Parse the data (string or bytes) using the supplied parser (string or
+module object).
 
 This function provides a high-level API to simplify parser use. This
 function will call built-in parsers and custom plugin parsers.
diff --git a/jc/lib.py b/jc/lib.py
index 605cf2b7..b4f9d579 100644
--- a/jc/lib.py
+++ b/jc/lib.py
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ def parse(
     **kwargs
 ) -> Union[JSONDictType, List[JSONDictType], Iterator[JSONDictType]]:
     """
-    Parse the string or bytes data using the supplied parser module.
+    Parse the data (string or bytes) using the supplied parser (string or
+    module object).
 
     This function provides a high-level API to simplify parser use. This
     function will call built-in parsers and custom plugin parsers.