diff --git a/devices/util/attribute_wrapper.py b/devices/util/attribute_wrapper.py
index 5953a1c8cb4e62d34df0be81e6cc4ae5cf29eca9..1890ca4b18977a7596ddbe1aac33b761c8c60c74 100644
--- a/devices/util/attribute_wrapper.py
+++ b/devices/util/attribute_wrapper.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class attribute_wrapper(attribute):
 
         comms_annotation: data passed along to the attribute. can be given any form of data. handling is up to client implementation
         datatype: any numpy datatype
-        dims: dimensions of the attribute as a tuple, or (1,) for a scalar.
+        dims: dimensions of the attribute as a tuple. For scalars, use (1,).
         init_value: value
         """