diff --git a/content/shmem_alltoall.tex b/content/shmem_alltoall.tex
index b6ea85f22..0631e743a 100644
--- a/content/shmem_alltoall.tex
+++ b/content/shmem_alltoall.tex
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 \apisummary{
-    shmem\_alltoall is a collective routine where each \ac{PE} exchanges a fixed amount of data with all other \acp{PE} participating in the collective.
+  Exchanges a fixed amount of contiguous data blocks between all pairs
+  of \acp{PE} participating in the collective routine.
 }
 
 \begin{apidefinition}
diff --git a/content/shmem_alltoalls.tex b/content/shmem_alltoalls.tex
index 7abc9486e..b0edf9540 100644
--- a/content/shmem_alltoalls.tex
+++ b/content/shmem_alltoalls.tex
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 \apisummary{
-    shmem\_alltoalls is a collective routine where each \ac{PE} exchanges a fixed amount of strided data with all other \acp{PE} participating in the collective.
+  Exchanges a fixed amount of strided data blocks between all pairs
+  of \acp{PE} participating in the collective routine.
 }
 
 \begin{apidefinition}