diff --git a/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml b/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml
index b753253f18..92574f7091 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_message_read_basic.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
           <row>
             <entry><literal>y</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_BYTE</constant></entry>
-            <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
+            <entry>8bit unsigned integer</entry>
             <entry><type>uint8_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
@@ -99,70 +99,70 @@
           <row>
             <entry><literal>n</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_INT16</constant></entry>
-            <entry>signed integer</entry>
+            <entry>16bit signed integer</entry>
             <entry><type>int16_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>q</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_UINT16</constant></entry>
-            <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
+            <entry>16bit unsigned integer</entry>
             <entry><type>uint16_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>i</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_INT32</constant></entry>
-            <entry>signed integer</entry>
+            <entry>32bit signed integer</entry>
             <entry><type>int32_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>u</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_UINT32</constant></entry>
-            <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
+            <entry>32bit unsigned integer</entry>
             <entry><type>uint32_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>x</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_INT64</constant></entry>
-            <entry>signed integer</entry>
+            <entry>64bit signed integer</entry>
             <entry><type>int64_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>t</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_UINT64</constant></entry>
-            <entry>unsigned integer</entry>
+            <entry>64bit unsigned integer</entry>
             <entry><type>uint64_t *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>d</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_DOUBLE</constant></entry>
-            <entry>floating-point</entry>
+            <entry>IEEE 754 double precision floating-point</entry>
             <entry><type>double *</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>s</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_STRING</constant></entry>
-            <entry>Unicode string</entry>
+            <entry>UTF-8 string</entry>
             <entry><type>const char **</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>o</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_OBJECT_PATH</constant></entry>
-            <entry>object path</entry>
+            <entry>D-Bus object path stringy</entry>
             <entry><type>const char **</type></entry>
           </row>
 
           <row>
             <entry><literal>g</literal></entry>
             <entry><constant>SD_BUS_TYPE_SIGNATURE</constant></entry>
-            <entry>signature</entry>
+            <entry>D-Bus signature string</entry>
             <entry><type>const char **</type></entry>
           </row>