diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/index.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/index.ts
index eceea2408d..48f7a9526b 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/index.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ export const encryptMetadataJSON = async (r: {
         : sharedCryptoWorker().then((w) => w.encryptMetadataJSON(r));
 
 /**
- * Decrypt a box encrypted using {@link encryptBoxB64}.
+ * Decrypt a box encrypted using {@link encryptBoxB64} and returns the decrypted
+ * bytes.
  */
 export const decryptBox = (box: EncryptedBox, key: BytesOrB64) =>
     inWorker()
diff --git a/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts b/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts
index 25ff0057e9..225b5efe72 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/crypto/libsodium.ts
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export async function encryptFileChunk(
 }
 
 /**
- * Decrypt the result of {@link encryptBoxB64}.
+ * Decrypt the result of {@link encryptBoxB64} and return the decrypted bytes.
  */
 export const decryptBox = async (
     { encryptedData, nonce }: EncryptedBox,
diff --git a/web/packages/base/session-store.ts b/web/packages/base/session-store.ts
index 2493467348..989375941d 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/session-store.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/session-store.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { decryptBox } from "./crypto";
 import { toB64 } from "./crypto/libsodium";
 
 /**
- * Return the user's master key (as a base64 string) from session storage.
+ * Return the user's master key from session storage.
  *
  * Precondition: The user should be logged in.
  */