diff --git a/cinder/api/v1/snapshots.py b/cinder/api/v1/snapshots.py
index 54a50b6c53d..e9a5295d60f 100644
--- a/cinder/api/v1/snapshots.py
+++ b/cinder/api/v1/snapshots.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class SnapshotsTemplate(xmlutil.TemplateBuilder):
 
 
 class SnapshotsController(wsgi.Controller):
-    """The Volumes API controller for the OpenStack API."""
+    """The Snapshots API controller for the OpenStack API."""
 
     def __init__(self, ext_mgr=None):
         self.volume_api = volume.API()
diff --git a/cinder/api/v2/snapshots.py b/cinder/api/v2/snapshots.py
index efff59ccb18..f231ac9c3c0 100644
--- a/cinder/api/v2/snapshots.py
+++ b/cinder/api/v2/snapshots.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class SnapshotsTemplate(xmlutil.TemplateBuilder):
 
 
 class SnapshotsController(wsgi.Controller):
-    """The Volumes API controller for the OpenStack API."""
+    """The Snapshots API controller for the OpenStack API."""
 
     def __init__(self, ext_mgr=None):
         self.volume_api = volume.API()