diff --git a/js/common/view/GQViewProperties.js b/js/common/view/GQViewProperties.js
index 92242290..7fd82544 100644
--- a/js/common/view/GQViewProperties.js
+++ b/js/common/view/GQViewProperties.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ define( require => {
       // @public
       this.graphContentsVisibleProperty = new BooleanProperty( options.graphContentsVisible, {
         tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'graphContentsVisibleProperty' ),
-        phetioDocumentation: 'whether the contents of the graph are visible'
+        phetioDocumentation: 'whether the contents (curves, plotted points, manipulators) of the graph are visible'
       } );
 
       // @public
diff --git a/js/focusanddirectrix/view/FocusAndDirectrixViewProperties.js b/js/focusanddirectrix/view/FocusAndDirectrixViewProperties.js
index c08030fc..4adee5df 100644
--- a/js/focusanddirectrix/view/FocusAndDirectrixViewProperties.js
+++ b/js/focusanddirectrix/view/FocusAndDirectrixViewProperties.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ define( require => {
       // @public
       this.coordinatesVisibleProperty = new BooleanProperty( GQQueryParameters.checkAll, {
         tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'coordinatesVisibleProperty' ),
-        phetioDocumentation: 'whether coordinates are visible on manipulators (vertex, focus, point on parabola)'
+        phetioDocumentation: 'whether (x,y) coordinates are visible on manipulators'
       } );
     }
 
diff --git a/js/standardform/view/StandardFormViewProperties.js b/js/standardform/view/StandardFormViewProperties.js
index 5894d4fe..fb1a98ac 100644
--- a/js/standardform/view/StandardFormViewProperties.js
+++ b/js/standardform/view/StandardFormViewProperties.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define( require => {
       // @public
       this.vertexVisibleProperty = new BooleanProperty( GQQueryParameters.checkAll, {
         tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'vertexVisibleProperty' ),
-        phetioDocumentation: 'whether the vertex is visible'
+        phetioDocumentation: 'whether the plotted vertex is visible'
       } );
 
       // @public
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ define( require => {
       // @public
       this.coordinatesVisibleProperty = new BooleanProperty( true, {
         tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'coordinatesVisibleProperty' ),
-        phetioDocumentation: 'whether coordinates are visible on the vertex and roots'
+        phetioDocumentation: 'whether (x,y) coordinates are visible on plotted points'
       } );
     }
 
diff --git a/js/vertexform/view/VertexFormViewProperties.js b/js/vertexform/view/VertexFormViewProperties.js
index 1fdb61de..d73345c9 100644
--- a/js/vertexform/view/VertexFormViewProperties.js
+++ b/js/vertexform/view/VertexFormViewProperties.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define( require => {
       // @public
       this.vertexVisibleProperty = new BooleanProperty( GQQueryParameters.checkAll, {
         tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'vertexVisibleProperty' ),
-        phetioDocumentation: 'whether the vertex is visible'
+        phetioDocumentation: 'whether the vertex manipulator is visible'
       } );
 
       // @public
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ define( require => {
       // @public
       this.coordinatesVisibleProperty = new BooleanProperty( true, {
         tandem: options.tandem.createTandem( 'coordinatesVisibleProperty' ),
-        phetioDocumentation: 'whether coordinates are visible on the vertex'
+        phetioDocumentation: 'whether (x,y) coordinates are visible on the vertex manipulator'
       } );
     }