diff --git a/pages/common/base32.md b/pages/common/base32.md
index 6bb4db2c91..59c8434aec 100644
--- a/pages/common/base32.md
+++ b/pages/common/base32.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # base32
 
-> Encode or decode file or standard input, to standard output.
+> Encode or decode file or standard input to/from Base32, to standard output.
 
 - Encode a file:
 
diff --git a/pages/common/base64.md b/pages/common/base64.md
index 293ae7954e..fac5ed74c2 100644
--- a/pages/common/base64.md
+++ b/pages/common/base64.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # base64
 
-> Encode or decode file or standard input, to standard output.
+> Encode or decode file or standard input to/from Base64, to standard output.
 
 - Encode a file: