diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/struct.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/struct.py
index d2f7e4de10b..266e448cdf3 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/struct.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/struct.py
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ def field(self, key):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        index : int
+        key: int or str
+            index/position or field name of the respective
+            struct column
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -138,6 +140,10 @@ def field(self, key):
         0    1
         1    3
         dtype: int64
+        >>> s.struct.field('a')
+        0    1
+        1    3
+        dtype: int64
         """
         fields = list(self._column.dtype.fields.keys())
         if key in fields:
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/dtypes.py b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/dtypes.py
index 6da338df3de..a8ff2177154 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/utils/dtypes.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/utils/dtypes.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def cudf_dtype_to_pa_type(dtype):
 
 
 def cudf_dtype_from_pa_type(typ):
-    """ Given a cuDF Python dtype, converts it into the equivalent
+    """ Given a cuDF pyarrow dtype, converts it into the equivalent
         cudf pandas dtype.
     """
     if pa.types.is_list(typ):