diff --git a/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister.rs b/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister.rs
index 410ad8e5..e5f24eb9 100644
--- a/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister.rs
+++ b/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister.rs
@@ -174,13 +174,15 @@ pub struct DefiniteCanisterSettings {
     pub compute_allocation: Nat,
     /// The allocation, in bytes (up to 256 TiB) that the canister is allowed to use for storage.
     pub memory_allocation: Nat,
-    /// The IC will freeze a canister protectively if it will likely run out of cycles before this amount of time, in seconds (up to `u64::MAX`), has passed.
+    /// The IC will freeze a canister protectively if it will likely run out of cycles before this amount of time,
+    /// in seconds (up to `u64::MAX`), has passed.
     pub freezing_threshold: Nat,
     /// The upper limit of the canister's reserved cycles balance.
     pub reserved_cycles_limit: Option<Nat>,
     /// A soft limit on the Wasm memory usage of the canister in bytes (up to 256TiB).
     pub wasm_memory_limit: Option<Nat>,
-    /// A threshold limit on the Wasm memory usage of the canister in bytes, at which the canister's `on_low_wasm_memory` hook will be called (up to 256TiB)
+    /// A threshold on the Wasm memory usage of the canister as a distance in bytes from `wasm_memory_limit`,
+    /// at which the canister's `on_low_wasm_memory` hook will be called (up to 256TiB)
     pub wasm_memory_threshold: Option<Nat>,
     /// The canister log visibility. Defines which principals are allowed to fetch logs.
     pub log_visibility: LogVisibility,
diff --git a/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister/builders.rs b/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister/builders.rs
index edde11dc..758cb173 100644
--- a/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister/builders.rs
+++ b/ic-utils/src/interfaces/management_canister/builders.rs
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ pub struct CanisterSettings {
     /// Must be a number between 0 and 2^48^ (i.e 256TB), inclusively.
     pub wasm_memory_limit: Option<Nat>,
 
-    /// A threshold on the remaining Wasm memory of the canister.
+    /// A threshold on the Wasm memory usage of the canister, as a distance from
+    /// `wasm_memory_limit`.
     ///
-    /// When the remaining memory drops below this threshold, its
-    /// `on_low_wasm_memory` hook will be invoked. This enables it
-    /// to self-optimize or raise an alert or otherwise attempt to
-    /// prevent itself from reaching `wasm_memory_limit`.
+    /// When the remaining memory before the limit drops below this threshold, its
+    /// `on_low_wasm_memory` hook will be invoked. This enables it to self-optimize,
+    /// or raise an alert, or otherwise attempt to prevent itself from reaching
+    /// `wasm_memory_limit`.
     pub wasm_memory_threshold: Option<Nat>,
 
     /// The canister log visibility of the canister.
@@ -1185,7 +1186,7 @@ impl<'agent, 'canister: 'agent> UpdateCanisterBuilder<'agent, 'canister> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Pass in a Wasm memory limit threshold value for the canister.
+    /// Pass in a Wasm memory threshold value for the canister.
     pub fn with_wasm_memory_threshold<C, E>(self, wasm_memory_threshold: C) -> Self
     where
         E: std::fmt::Display,
@@ -1194,7 +1195,7 @@ impl<'agent, 'canister: 'agent> UpdateCanisterBuilder<'agent, 'canister> {
         self.with_optional_wasm_memory_threshold(Some(wasm_memory_threshold))
     }
 
-    /// Pass in a Wasm memory limit threshold value for the canister. If this is [`None`],
+    /// Pass in a Wasm memory threshold value for the canister. If this is [`None`],
     /// leaves the memory threshold unchanged.
     pub fn with_optional_wasm_memory_threshold<E, C>(self, wasm_memory_threshold: Option<C>) -> Self
     where